Najib earns wife’s ire with his nightly iPad jaunts

(The Star) – KUALA TERENGGANU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak updates his own tweets late at night, much to the chagrin of his wife.

Answering questions in a meeting with over 100 of his Facebook friends here, Najib said he often tweeted at night due to his busy schedule.

“My wife will be angry with me as I look at my iPad to update my status rather than look at her,” he quipped.

However, for his Facebook account, he said he had his personnel prepare the drafts and it would be updated upon his approval.

On a question about the biggest challenge in his political career, Najib said it was during his first term as Pekan MP at the age of 22.

“I was not confident if I could make it as a politician. However, I strengthened my resolve and thankfully, I succeeded,” he said, adding that the other challenge was during the 1999 general election when he won the Pekan seat by a mere 241-vote majority.

The Prime Minister said he managed to bounce back in 2004 with an impressive majority of 22,922 votes.

On the sessions with his Facebook friends, Najib said it enabled him to get feedback from the rakyat and forge better ties with them.

“I promised that when I have been appointed Prime Minister, I would engage the people through various mediums, thus the sessions are proof that I have fulfilled my promise,” he said, adding that he had 115,000 followers on Twitter and 650,000 likes on his Facebook page.

Similar sessions with Najib’s Facebook friends were previously held in Putrajaya, Kuching, Kluang and Penang.