Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak today questioned his successor Dr Mahathir Mohmad's rationale of cancelling major public transportation project on grounds of a ballooning national debt but is keen on restarting a national car project.

"The Harapan government should proceed with the public transportation projects such as the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) and MRT3 projects instead of wanting to start another national car company and re-implementing protectionist measures that will only burden the people with higher car prices and financing costs," Najib said in a statement tonight...