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\nIn a statement today, Dr Mahathir noted that the bygone era was the era when Malaysia was known as an ‘Asian Tiger’.<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has taken a swipe at Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak over the latter’s remark that Pakatan Harapan policies would bring the country to ‘a bygone era’.
\nIn a statement today, Dr Mahathir noted that the bygone era was the era when Malaysia was known as an ‘Asian Tiger’.<\/p>\n
The term referred to several Southeast Asian countries enjoying robust economy in the 1990s before it all came crashing down in the Asian financial crisis.<\/p>\n
Dr Mahathir wondered if the people would prefer to return to the era of Najib’s administration when he helmed the country as prime minister.<\/p>\n
“Is he saying that the people should be taken back to the era when the nation was known as a kleptocracy led by a kleptocrat?” he said.<\/p>\n
It was reported that Najib made the claim when debating the motion of thanks on the Royal Address at the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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