Zafrul assures spending under emergency ordinance will be published publicly

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has defended a controversial law introduced last week which allowed Putrajaya and state governments to tap public coffers without legislative scrutiny.

Zafrul said transparency will be upheld and that all spending done under the ordinance would be published on the federal or state gazettes.

"With the requirement to publish the spending through gazettes, this means...