Penang state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh, who is on a mission in New Zealand to assist the family members and survivors of the Christchurch terrorist attack, has refuted a news report claiming there is "not much assistance from Malaysian authorities there".

Phee said the report was "totally untrue" as Malaysian and New Zealand authorities have been most helpful to the Malaysian government representatives - especially himself and Bayan Lepas assemblyperson Azrul Mahathir Aziz - since the duo landed in Wellington en route to Christchurch with one of the victim's family...