KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIANS should prove their economic strength despite disparaging remarks made by others, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said.
'We can show to our neighbours, that although sometimes they make disparaging remarks about us, that Malaysians can actually achieve,' the Prime Minister said.
'The greatest achievement is when we can be a developed nation by 2020,' he said at the 1MCA Medical Foundation fund-raising dinner on Monday.
Instead of responding to the alleged remarks, Datuk Najib said the more pressing matter was to focus on achieving the country's goal.
This is his first public statement about a WikiLeaks report of diplomatic chatter from Singapore.
Meanwhile, Bernama reports that Singapore said the WikiLeaks reports of its officials making damaging remarks on friendly nations would not affect the republic's ties with those countries.
-- THE STAR/ANN
PUTRAJAYA - SINGAPORE'S High Commissioner to Malaysia T. Jasudasen was summoned by Wisma Putra over unjustified comments made by Singapore officials on Malaysia's leadership.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman summoned the Singapore diplomat Tuesday and handed him Malaysia's official protest note over comments made by senior officials of the Singapore Foreign Ministry concerning the leadership of Malaysia and the situation in the country.
The Foreign Minister also conveyed Malaysia's deep concern and displeasure over the comments as revealed by WikiLeaks and subsequently reported in the media, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.