Umno supreme council Mohd Puad Zarkashi has likened former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin's appointment as the head of the National Recovery Council (NRC) to a chief executive officer who had caused his company financial loss but is relied upon to revive the same firm.

"When a CEO resigns because his company suffered losses, is it then appropriate to reappoint him to revive the company's performance?" he said in a statement on Facebook.

Puad said he couldn't see how...