Within hours after Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz was sworn in as the new finance minister, Umno's Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin has opened fire on the former CIMB group chief executive officer.

Bung had taken issue with Tengku Zafrul's statement that there will not be political interference with him as the new finance minister.

"The newly-appointed finance minister in his keynote speech stated that there will be no political interference in his ministry.

"He does not realise that his appointment is a political one. If that is his position, it would be best that he sets up his own ministry," Bung said in a Twitter posting....