Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun has hailed Pagoh MP Muhyiddin Yassin as an “overlooked reformist” for his achievements since being removed from the office of deputy prime minister in 2015.

Among others, he highlighted Muhyiddin’s political comeback as Bersatu president as part of a coalition that broke Umno’s 61-year hold on power, his reform agenda as home minister, and his efforts to steer the nation in the opening months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Muhyiddin Yassin, the eighth prime minister of Malaysia, is a renowned national figure and towering personality and a reformer, whose reformation efforts many...