Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has hit back at critics who claim that those standing by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin are committing treason against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Instead, he suggested that those seeking to topple the government before a vote of confidence is held in the Dewan Rakyat are the ones guilty of treason.

He said this is because the king consented to Muhyiddin going through a vote of confidence in September.