COMMENT Flashing a broad smile while holding a placard expressing support for Najib Abdul Razak at the meeting between the prime minister and Umno division chiefs, it can be concluded that Home Minister Ahmad Zahidi Hamidi is one of those in the cabinet who endorsed 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

Sources claimed that the prime minister’s cousin, Hishammuddin Hussein, was among those who gave the thumbs-up.

Apart from a handful of ministers who have come out to somewhat defend the troubled government-owned company and Najib, the rest chose to maintain a wall of silence...