THE wife of Prime Minister Najib Razak said she was honoured that Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had taken time to see her when he visited Malaysia last month.

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor believed he came around because he had heard many things about her and wanted to assess her himself, she said in an interview with the New Straits Times newspaper.

She said: 'I couldn't believe it when I was told that he wanted to see me and I was honoured that he wanted to do so.

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