Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has declined to answer any further questions about the possibility of forming a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the Memali incident, despite having mooted the idea earlier.

Instead, Zahid, who is also the home minister, said there would be a special press conference held later on forming such an RCI.

“There will be a special press conference later,” he said before leaving the Mines Convention Centre in Seri Kembangan after officiating the Halal Festival 2017...