See-To: Anwar vindicates Najib on his birthday, 'cash is king'
In a social media post, See-To noted that today also marks Najib's birthday and remarked that Anwar's 'RM100 cash handout proves what was once ridiculed - that 'cash is king''.
He was responding to the prime minister's announcement this morning that...
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