Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has rubbished claims by certain quarters that almost all PKR MPs who left the party to join Perikatan Nasional (PN) were rewarded with positions.

Zuraida, who is the Ampang MP, the former PKR MPs were instead given ministerial positions based on suitability.

"It's not about rewards... There are many (MPs) in the coalition, but of those formerly with PKR, there are only 10 MPs....