The fracas at the Nothing to Hide 2.0 forum, in which chairs and slippers were thrown in Dr Mahathir Mohamad's direction, has been condemned by various ministers.
However, Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz was not as sympathetic.
"He asked for it," said the Umno supreme council member when asked if the 92-year-old politician had deserved to be treated in such a manner...