Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has entrusted Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali with powers to oversee some of Malaysia’s biggest companies which are collectively worth more than RM1 trillion, according to Singapore’s Straits Times.

According to the report, the latest move to empower Azmin could trigger rivalries within Harapan component parties and allow Mahathir to maintain an upper hand over PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim...