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Najib gloats as Anwar, Azmin openly quarrel

KUALA LUMPUR — Barisan Nasional adviser Mr Najib Razak mercilessly mocked the public hostilities that broke out between PKR’s top two leaders on Wednesday (July 17) and invited the public to guess which will come out on top.

“Min, steady, Min. The war drums have been sounded. Who will win is unclear. The only ones cheering could be Bersatu,” Mr Najib Razak said in a Facebook post.

“Min, steady, Min. The war drums have been sounded. Who will win is unclear. The only ones cheering could be Bersatu,” Mr Najib Razak said in a Facebook post.

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KUALA LUMPUR — Barisan Nasional adviser Mr Najib Razak mercilessly mocked the public hostilities that broke out between PKR’s top two leaders on Wednesday (July 17) and invited the public to guess which will come out on top.

After PKR deputy president Mr Seri Azmin Ali told Mr Anwar Ibrahim to “look in the mirror” for suggesting the former resign over a sex scandal, Mr Najib wrote on Facebook to point out that both politicians were the same.

However, he appeared to favour Mr Azmin and offered words of encouragement to the minister.

“Min, steady, Min. The war drums have been sounded. Who will win is unclear. The only ones cheering could be Bersatu,” he said.

Mr Najib also posted a photograph of a face mirror, in reference to Mr Azmin’s retort for Anwar to self-reflect before telling him to relinquish his government position.

On Wednesday (July 17), Mr Azmin responded angrily to Mr Anwar’s suggestion that the former resign over an ongoing sex video scandal by hinting at similar incidents from the latter’s past.

Previously, the economic affairs minister also called PKR information chief Mr Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin a “hypocrite” for urging the former to take a leave of absence pending the resolution of the scandal.

The open exchanges have brought to fore the undercurrent of hostilities between the two main PKR factions that had previously been kept in check and away from public view.

Speculation that the sex scandal is part of PKR’s internal intrigues has grown with the police’s arrest of several party leaders on suspicion of distributing the clips allegedly featuring Mr Azmin.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that he considered the real crime in the scandal to be the conspiracy to “bring down Azmin.” MALAY MAIL

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