Lim Lip Eng has taken the Investment, Trade, and Industry Ministry to task, saying it failed to deny plagiarism allegations involving Malaysia’s pavilion design for Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

In a statement, the Kepong MP criticised Miti’s response, which referred to ongoing “active discussions” with the company making the allegations, as evasive and lacking transparency.

“The ministry has not denied the allegations at all, and has instead...