Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has lambasted the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) for giving the impression that Malaysia was veering towards instability.

NONE Likening PERC as "talking through their nose", he said its reports had obvious ulterior motives with no intention of helping.

"We are not asking them to help us anyway. We are helping ourselves and we don’t need their comments because I think a lot of other people know and can evaluate us very objectively.

"We are not basing it on emotions but facts and reality.

"The fact is, Malaysians are happy and are not facing any major disaster or racial trouble in the country... So, what are they talking about?

Sodomy trial

"I think they (PERC) must be talking through their nose," he told reporters after attending the monthly assembly of Felda Group employees at the Dewan Perdana Felda in Kuala Lumpur today.

Muhyiddin also described the PERC report as 'nonsensical' and coming from people who knew nothing about the country.

"I don't think we need to react to all these nonsensical reports coming from people who know nothing about the country.

"Maybe, those guys are sitting at a table somewhere in a remote corner of Hong Kong," he said.

In its report, PERC cited several developments in Malaysia, including the theft of military jet engines, detention of terror suspects from a number of African and Middle East countries, arson at some churches and surau and the ongoing sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

- Bernama