PM Najib: I didn't stoop to level of 'Bugis attacker', didn't tell him to go back to...

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today insisted that he does not want to "stoop to the level" of his predecessor Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In his usual fashion, Najib did not explicitly mention Mahathir's name but said that this person had "hit out at everyone and even the Bugis".

"The history of the Bugis is one that is brilliant, they are fighters that even the Dutch were afraid of them.

"Don't ask me to go back, I didn't ask him to return to, where is it?" said Najib to cheers from thousands of Umno members present at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) today.

"Well, I'm not the one asking him to return there, I will not ask him to return there because I do not want to stoop to his level," he added.

Although Najib did not finish his earlier sentence, it is obvious that he was referring to Mahathir whose ancestors can be traced back to Kerala, India.

Meanwhile, the premier added that as prime minister, he has the duty to carry out "high moral politics".

"I prefer to insinuate, we don't hit out in a brutal, crude or rude way.

"As leaders, we have to show good examples. If you don't agree with (our) policies, give us your points and facts instead of discrediting us, this is not the Malaysian way," said Najib.

He added that he does not want the youth to learn this kind of politics.

"We want our country to succeed instead of us fighting among ourselves. There is enough conflict," he said.- Mkini