Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has questioned if the Perikatan Nasional government has been exaggerating the effectiveness of its Prihatin Rakyat economic stimulus package designed to cushion the economic downturn brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

This was after the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) acknowledged mistakes in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's speech yesterday to give an update on the government's efforts and revised down the number of people who benefited from the stimulus plan after being called out...