Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has taken Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s administration to task over the national currency's plunging levels, which hit a 24-year low last week.

"On Wednesday, our ringgit hit rock bottom compared to the US dollar, since the Asian financial crisis in 1998.

"Why have both the prime minister and Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz gone silent altogether?