Fasting helps control evil desires, Dr M says
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad speaks to civil servants during his monthly address at the Prime Minister’s Department in Putrajaya May 6, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
The 94-year-old premier also expressed his gratitude for still being able to fast during Ramadan this year and described the act of fighting the“Maybe we will succeed in achieving something, but at the end, it will bring us more harm than good,” he said.
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