Government pensioners must not be ungrateful if they expect good things from the government, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.

"Pensioners, while hoping for better things from the government, at the same time, insyaAllah, must never bite the hand that feeds them," Zahid said at an assembly of retired civil servants in Serdang, Selangor.

Even if they wished to be thankful to Allah for the good in their life, he said, they should also be thankful to those who gave it to them...