Najib: No basis to set up royal panel to probe Dr M


KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has dismissed the call to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the claim that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wasted RM100bil during his years in office, saying there was no basis for it.

“Having a commission is inappropriate,” he said when commenting on the call by DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang.

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