Damansara MP Tony Pua was an outspoken politician who exposed many issues concerning the 1MDB debacle before the 14th general election.

However, Pua kept an unusually low profile during the Pakatan Harapan administration, where he rarely spoke about current affairs openly.

Yesterday, during a fundraising dinner at Petaling Jaya, Pua admitted that he became "a little bit quiet" during his tenure as the then finance minister Lim Guan Eng's political secretary.

He attributed this to the then prime minister Mahathir Mohammad for castigating him in the cabinet meeting.