The Dewan Rakyat sitting resumed today with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad answering on behalf of Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng during the question-and-answer session.

This was regarding a question on the government's proposal to take a loan from Japan.

The media later quizzed Lim on this, pointing out that by convention, the minister or deputy minister should answer questions posed to the Finance Ministry in the House...