Hishammuddin Hussein has opened fire on his former cabinet colleague Rafidah Aziz, accusing her of having a vile agenda and ulterior motive to tarnish caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's credibility.

The caretaker defence minister questioned the former minister's timing in raising the allegation that 40,000 hectares of prime military land had been privatised to a three-person firm.

In an immediate response, Rafidah said there is no need for Hishammuddin to analyse the issue...