Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said he believes Malaysians are not naive to believe every statement from the Kedah menteri besar who recently spoke against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s credentials in combatting poverty.

Saifuddin took to Facebook to respond to criticism from Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor who claimed that the prime minister lacks an understanding of poverty because he did not grow up poor.

Saifuddin (above) listed the range of challenges that...