An opposition lawmaker demanded an explanation of the government's previous silence on the revocation of emergency laws when it was forthright about the prime minister’s health.

Steven Sim (Harapan-Bukit Mertajam) said the matter was serious but it appeared that Putrajaya adopted a main-main (nonchalant) attitude.

“If the prime minister needing to be hospitalised for diarrhoea could be announced, how can something as important as the revocation of emergency ordinances not be announced?" he asked.

In view of this, Sim demanded that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (PN-Pagoh) elaborate on the matter during his winding-up speech this evening.