Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli declined Zainab Mohd Salleh’s ultimatum to apologise over a claim that she was the wife of a former minister linked to the littoral combat ship (LCS) issue.

The PKR deputy president’s counsel Razlan Hadri told Malaysiakini that it was because his client’s statement was not targeting Zainab but the major issue of the purportedly improper way the LCS contract was awarded by the past government.

Razlan said while it was acknowledged that Zainab was not the wife of Abdul Latiff Ahmad - a former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department - he said Rafizi...