UMNO slams Malaysia minister Tengku Zafrul’s exit for Anwar’s ruling PKR as ‘unethical’, testing coalition ties

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Prime Minister and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said Tengku Zafrul’s ministerial duties “remain unchanged” while UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his party should retain its quota of seven ministerial posts in the Cabinet. KUALA LUMPUR: The resignation of Malaysia’s Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) to join Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has sparked reactions from both parties,