PARLIAMENT |  Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng sarcastically praised BN's Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan for continuously defending former Prime Minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal.

“I am a bit impressed by Pontian (MP) as he defended 1MDB and Pekan (MP Najib) when I see no other MPs willing to take this role," he said when winding up the 2019 Budget committee stage at Dewan Rakyat today.

Lim described the effort as an act of a "desperado"...