KUALA LUMPUR: No instructions were issued to halt or delay investigations into Zetrix AI Bhd and Felda, with the matters left to enforcement agencies to handle transparently, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

He said that some investigations could take a long time but stressed that delays did not mean the government was shielding anyone from legal action.

Anwar said the Road Transport Department had lodged a police report over the Zetrix AI Bhd issue, while the Securities Commission Malaysia had also opened a file and begun investigating the matter.

"Were there instructions for the investigations to continue? Yes. Were there instructions to close them? No," he said during the Prime Minister's Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat today.