Amid speculations that the government is planning to call for a state of emergency, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday criticised the Perikatan Nasional government and advised Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin not to resort to such "undemocratic" and "authoritarian" means.

Following this, a cabinet minister today came to Muhyiddin's defence, saying that Anwar's statement was made under his own assumption of what the government would do.

Annuar Musa, who is the federal territories minister, also lambasted the...