KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 -- Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has blasted two Cabinet ministers for their apparent lack of compassion over the recent minimum wage issue.

He said Malaysia does not need ministers who fail to uphold the monthly minimum wage of RM1,200, instead seemingly aiding and abetting employers against their personnel to pay below the minimum wage.

"Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan is supposed to enforce the minimum monthly wage of RM1,200 but has instead said it is better for graduates to accept jobs with RM1,000 monthly pay than be unemployed," Lim said in a statement.

The Bagan MP also took Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed to task, describing him as even more unsympathetic than ...