Former Bagan Dalam assemblyperson Satees Muniandy denied having started or circulated the claim that Deputy National Unity Minister Saraswathy Kandasamy had tax arrears totalling RM200,000.

In a statement, Satees called on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to explain the appointment of Saraswathy as deputy minister considering that she was blacklisted by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

His checks had...