MCA president Wee Ka Siong has rubbished Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s reasons for refusing to confirm whether the former king had made a supplementary order for Najib Abdul Razak to serve his remaining sentence under house arrest.

Anwar had previously told the Dewan Rakyat that he could not answer the question because of a parliamentary rule against sub judice discussions, and because the current king has not granted permission.

Wee countered that the sub judice rule is no longer applicable because jury trials have been...