Kuala Lampur, March 20 -- Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng asserted that the Barisan Nasional government had frozen accounts under investigation for longer than Umno's has been in suspension.

He was responding to Datuk Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) who asked about the status of Umno's bank account that was frozen as part of the 1MDB investigation.

Ahmad noted that the Court of Appeal previously ruled that suspensions under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA) were limited to 90 days.

"However, what happened to Umno, for example, has exceeded 90 days and it makes it difficult for us to pay salaries of Umno workers at the Umno headquarters. This is a cruel deed done by the...