Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin has leapt on the response by Azalina Othman Said indicating that the MACC was unable to verify claims that Perikatan Nasional (PN) had used proceeds from gambling companies for its 15th general election (GE15) campaign.

Hamzah said that the statement by the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) proved that the government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had committed slander.

It should be noted that...