Barely a day in office, new Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been asked to give assurance that all pending criminal investigations and cases against Umno leaders will continue to proceed as normal.

Citing several active cases, PKR Bukit Tengah assemblyperson Gooi Hsiao Leung said without any compromise, none of the leaders who have been charged or having pending criminal investigations against them should be appointed into the cabinet.

"Already on day one of Muhyiddin’s swearing-in as prime minister, we are given a frightening glimpse of what Perikatan Nasional’s back-door government would entail...