Defence minister can't be defended – Guan Eng on PM's 'ridiculous rationale'

In a scathing rebuke, Lim Guan Eng stated that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob cannot defend lawmakers who turned into lawbreakers.

He said the public is livid with the prime minister's “ridiculous rationale” that Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein need not resign after being fined for violating Covid-19 protocols because it is not a crime.

“Ismail Sabri forgets this is a...