The six MPs from PAS who voted against the Budget 2018 in a close call last night, may not have received instructions on how to vote, one of their colleagues said today.

Bukit Gantang MP Idris Ahmad said they could have been caught by surprise.

"Maybe they didn't get instructions, (maybe they were) surprised (by the bloc vote)," Idris told Malaysiakini.

He did not respond when asked if the instructions he meant was for PAS lawmakers to abstain from the bloc vote...