Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad finds it mind-boggling why Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin is "afraid of old men".

This comes after Khairy named Mahathir, together with PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang as three politicians who should retire from politics.

"That's his view because he's afraid. Why is he afraid of old men? Because he's afraid, that's why he is asking old men to retire.

"He's still young, strong, but if he's afraid of old men then he shouldn't be in politics," Mahathir told reporters when met today after attending Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Muhyiddin Yassin's open house at Bukit Damansara...