UMNO needs more keyboard warriors - Najib

UMNO and the government need to create more cyber warriors to handle the allegations by certain quarters who want to topple the party and the current administration, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

"We need to create a new group of soldiers, which are the keyboard warriors," he said at the UMNO Pasir Gudang division meeting today.

Najib who is also the UMNO president said this group of keyboard warriors must be created to face the allegations and present the right picture to the people.

"This is an issue of perception versus reality. This is about truth and slander at finger tips," he said.

Najib also lashed out at the Opposition whom he said used keyboard warriors to paint an ugly picture of the government.

"They simply want to create issues in the minds of the people, that is sufficient to erode the support for UMNO and Barisan Nasioanal," he said.

Najib said cyber world is an important area as the various social media application affects the current and future political environment.