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KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Thursday refuted an allegation that he had prevented Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak from meeting with former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The prime minister said he had not done anything to that effect.

"There was no hindrance ... none," he said when asked to comment on media reports quoting Dr Mahathir as saying that Abdullah had prevented Najib from meeting with him.

Dr Mahathir had reportedly said that it would be bad if the prime minister did not trust his deputy.

He said he did not talk about this previously because it was something personal but then decided to reveal it because of the increasing attempts to gag those who were not aligned to the party leadership.

Asked about Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed's visit to Thailand to have discussions on rice, Abdullah said the government stockpiled the staple food in anticipation of higher prices in the future.

He also said that exporting nations might hold back supply in the future to meet the needs of their own people.

The prime minister said he wanted Mustapa to take immediate measures to build up a sufficient stockpile to ensure that there would no shortage of rice in the future.

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