He was commenting on the controversial comics by political cartoonist Zunar, which made fun of people like Najib, his wife Rosmah Mansor, and national controversies such as 1MDB and the RM2.6 billion donation funnelled into the prime minister’s personal accounts.

Although most of the cartoonist’s comic collections were banned in Malaysia, he was recently invited to exhibit his works in Geneva.

This drew heavy criticism from Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak, who said this only served to tarnish the country’s image overseas.

Nazri disagreed with this.

“I don’t think many people read his comics. Even I don’t know who this Zunar is. But even if there are people reading them and even if he wants to criticise Najib, he (Najib) is still the prime minister.

“In fact, he is much stronger now, not weaker. (Former Premier) Dr Mahathir Mohamad tried for a year, but nothing is happening anyway.

“So I think Malaysians should just move forward and not worry about what people say about us,” said the tourism and culture minister at a press conference here today.

Nazri used himself as an example, saying his position had not been affected despite all that had been said against him.

“I don’t care what they have to say, I’m still a minister today, man.

“This is the world now. People will write about you and some of them we don’t even know of.

“So why should you worry?”