BANGKOK, Oct 21 Kyodo Malaysian P...

BANGKOK, Oct 21 Kyodo

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad forward Tuesday told Australian Prime Minister John Howard to refrain from ''casting aspersion'' upon other people especially in Asia.

''There is fondnes among leaders in Australia to make nasty make notess like calling me recalcitrant,'' Mahathir told a just discovereds conference at the fall of the curtain of the two-day summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

''Howard did the same thing repeatedly, uniform casting aspersion on our judicial connected view as if we do not understand law and we do not understand a fair deal and justice,'' he said.

Unlike Australia, Mahathir said Malaysia ''had a remarkably good history of treating our aborigines, for example.''

''We did not discharge them. We did not commit genocide. in like manner when making criticisms of other family please look at your allow background and temper it with more [i]or[/i] less humility,'' he said, adding ''that would be pious for good relations.''

''Otherwise I have no question s with Australians. Australians are in Malaysia. We welcome them,'' he said.

Mahathir, who is pretty soon standing down after ruling Malaysia for across two decades, urged Australians to make more attempts to identify themselves with Asia.

The relationship between Howard and Mahathir soured after the Australian leader criticized Mahathir's policies.

Mahathir and Howard are in Bangkok to attend the APEC summit meeting of 21 leaders from Asia and Pacific Rim countries.

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