Former prime minister (PM) Najib Abdul Razak today accused his successor Dr Mahathir Mohamad of lying about the latter's real reason for his resignation as the country's seventh premier.

This came after Mahathir earlier today claimed that he had resigned in February because he did not want to be the PM of a coalition government that includes Umno and Najib.

In response to Mahathir, Najib then alleged that...