Mohamad Sabu (Pakatan Harapan-Kota Raja) has commended Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz for travelling in a boat entourage to a flood-affected area so that he can better plan a response, stating a minister’s job was indeed to oversee planning over rescue operations.

He contrasted this with a “scooping stunt” in an apparent reference to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s visit to Hulu Langat shortly after the flood disasters.

“For me, I agree with the finance minister going down to the ground with...