“I believe that if that bastard leaves, we then won't be bastardised.”

— Mahathir bin Mohamad

in reference to Prime Minister Najib Razak during a speech at Pasir Gudang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFd_fCF5CdM on 29 August 2015. Previously, Najib Razak had warned that Malaysian Malays would be "bastardised" were UMNO to lose power in the government, raising controversy by using a swear word (Malay "bangsat", loosely translated as "anus") in his speech.

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