Najib’s tweets from Twitter HQ catch 1.7 mln followers by surprise

TWEETING: Costolo (right) and Ahmad Shabery look on as Najib posts his tweet at the Twitter office.

SAN FRANCISCO: ‘Meeting Twitter CEO@dickc at Twitter HQ’ and ‘Great Session at Twitter HQ. A wonderful platform to engage with Malaysians n the Global Community’.

Those were the two tweets posted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on his Twitter account @NajibRazak from Twitter headquarters in Market Street here, Monday.

Najib, who also appended a picture of him shaking hands with Twitter chief executive officer Dick Costolo to one of the tweets, posted the tweets on his own using his smartphone, witnessed by Costolo.

The picture shows Najib and Costolo shaking hands with the blue Twitter’s corporate logo printed on a bunting in the background.

Earlier, Najib arrived at the Twitter headquarters before he was taken for a tour of the office, including the cafeteria, by Twitter executives.

He then had a meeting with Costolo and his senior management team, according to a statement issued by the Malaysian Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) here.

Accompanying Najib on the visit were Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, officials and CEOs of several government-linked companies. — Bernama

(Source: www.theborneopost.com)