DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang has questioned if Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will dishonour his pledge that the Special Independent Committee on Emergency will be the body to advise the king on when to end the emergency instead of the cabinet.

He said this after de facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan remarked yesterday that the responsibility lies with the cabinet in advising the ruler whether to extend the emergency.

"In his national telecast on Jan 21, the prime minister gave an implicit public undertaking that it was the special independent committee and not the cabinet or designated minister who will...