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...