Umno's longest serving MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah was coy when pressed whether he still supported Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

This is following Tengku Razaleigh's meeting with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday which was reportedly to discuss Najib's position.

Tengku Razaleigh, better known as Ku Li, finally replied "yes" when asked if he still supported Najib, after being pressed three times.

The first time Tengku Razaleigh was asked about the matter, he replied: "I support everybody who does things right for the country".

Pressed again, he said: "I'm still in the BN backbenchers; what does that mean?"

Asked for the third time at a Hari Raya open house function in Bukit Jalil this afternoon, Ku Li finally replied:"Yes. I'm not with the opposition. I just hope that the right thing will be done."

"Tell the truth, explain to the people the real truth so that the rakyat do not get confused," he said.

Follow party constitution

In recent months, Tengku Razaleigh had, at times, expressed views that were different from what most Umno leaders would have expressed.

Back in May, he said the entire cabinet should be held responsible for the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) imbroglio.

The former finance minister was also vocal on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is burdensome to the rakyat.

He has said that the broad-based consumption tax would be an additional burden to the people, especially since the country was facing high levels of household, corporate and government debts.

Meanwhile, when asked on his greatest worry, Tengku Razaleigh said he simply wants to see things going according to the party constitution.

"All leaders must show that we can be trusted by the people. We must do what we are expected to do by the rakyat who have given the mandate to us.

"We can't do unusual things. This will raise questions. And it's also not good for the party," he said.