'I feel sorry for my husband, he feels sorry for me'

Rosmah Mansor revealed how she and her husband Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak “feel sorry for each other” in relation to the slander against them on social media.

“When I see (the slander) on social media, I ask (Najib), is this about me? Are they talking about me, this Rosmah?

“He (Najib) will say, ‘No. This is not about you. They want to topple me but they cannot, so they involve my wife. This is about me. They want to oust me through my wife’.

"He (Najib) feels sorry for me, and I too feel sorry for him. We feel sorry for each other,” she said in a speech at the MIC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Therefore, Rosmah advised the wives of politicians to safeguard the relationship with their husbands and foster mutual trust.

The prime minister’s wife, who has been at the epicentre of numerous controversies, also told her audience not to believe the allegations about her on social media.

“I hope all of you do not believe any news on social media and spread it. We don't know its veracity. Otherwise you're no better (than those who made it viral).

“Don't believe anything on social media especially about me. Whatever you hear about me, check first,” she said.

Psychological warfare

Rosmah also urged members of the public not to be swayed by the 'psychological war' being waged on social media.

She said during the Asean summit held over the past week, she found that there were parties waging such a warfare by claiming that US President Barack Obama would give the summit a miss due to security concerns

“I am very close to my husband and he is very attentive about security issues especially after what happened in Paris.

“Then people said Obama was not coming due to security concerns and all these psychological warfare is going on in social media.

“So the psychological war is being done by certain individuals to humiliate Malaysia during the Asean summit.

“I hope all of you will not buy into such news on social media. Whatever you read, please check,” she added. -Mkini