Golf game with Obama for diplomatic relations, says Najib


Najib (left) together with International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed getting a briefing over the flood situation at the Sultan Yahya Petra bridge, Kota Baru, Saturday.

KOTA BARU: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Saturday explained that his golf game with United States president Barack Obama in Hawaii recently did not mean that he deliberately ignored the flood faced by the country as politicised by certain groups.

On the contrary, the Prime Minister said the game had been planned much earlier on the principle of establishing diplomatic ties with world leaders for Malaysia's benefit.

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