Whether or not Najib uttered those words is moot
I feel most compelled to respond to Azmi Anshar's article titled "Karpal's poser an urban legend " published in NST (New Spin Times) as per link here http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/23297/84/
Vijay Kumar Murugavell
To begin with I find his description of Najib Razak's ascension to prime ministership as 'the most arduous in the nation's history" to be highly amusing. Despite all sorts of aspersions cast at Najib, he was victoriously elected UMNO President after a "fierce" challenge from Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. So arduous or tortuos it was that Tengku Razaleigh only managed one nomination.This is the first time I heard a walkover win described as arduous.