Nazri ready for ‘punch-up’ with Mukhriz

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Supreme Council member Nazri Aziz today questioned the intellectual capacity of people who took his words literally when he said he was willing to engage in a punching match with former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.

One of those who appears to have given a literal interpretation to the words is Mahathir’s son Mukhriz, the former menteri besar of Kedah.

However, Nazri directed his belittling remark specifically at Malay writers.

“Those people who raise this matter, their intellect is very low,” he said at a press conference today. “Unfortunately the intellectual level of Malay bloggers and Malay journalists is very low. This is the problem. Those who are smart like me are very few.”

Early this month, Nazri said he was ready to “go punching any time” with Mahathir if he was unhappy over the withdrawal of his privilege to have police outriders. According to a news article that appeared this morning, Mukhriz has taken the remark as a challenge and said Nazri would have to face him first. “If he wants a punch up, meet me first,” Ismaweb.net quoted Mahathir’s son as saying.

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