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Musa says he was naive as DPM
Former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam recounted the story of how he became an enemy of Dr Mahathir Mohamad when both held the country’s top two executive posts 35 years ago.
According to Musa, he became very upset when Mahathir, who was the then prime minister, appointed Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as an industrial and trade minister.
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