Staying true to the political maxim that there are no permanent friends or foes, a DAP lawmaker has lodged a report with the MACC against Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, deepening the fissures between the uneasy allies in the federal government.

Kampar MP Chong Zhemin urged the anti-corruption watchdog to sink its teeth into Zahid’s role in the RM2.1 billion gap between allocations approved and actual expenditure under the Rural Road Programme overseen by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry.

Zahid, who is a deputy prime minister and the rural and regional development minister, has come under scrutiny over...

Zahid, who is a deputy prime minister and the rural and regional development minister, has come under scrutiny over the discrepancy.