Of fair weather friends and scapegoats


Lament on friendship: A screen shot of the Najib’s Facebook post uploaded on the day the former PM was directed to enter his defence in several court cases relating to the 1MDB financial scandal.

“NOW only he knows,” a political operative texted me after a message appeared on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Facebook page about “true friends”.

The post, written by Najib we assume, states that it is hard to find true friends, especially those willing to stand by you in times of trouble.

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