Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said he doubted opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin would risk going behind bars to expose files on government leaders that the latter claimed to possess from his time as home minister.

As such, Rafizi said he does not see Hamzah’s claims to be anything “beyond mere rhetorics” as his freedom is at stake should he choose to conduct an exposé.

“I won’t be too worried because...