KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 -- Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has said the Perikatan Nasional administration would be better off by engaging and listening to the people, instead of solely relying on data and technology to handle the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said the latest flip-flop on Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP), policy U-turns and double-standards in enforcement, and half-baked advice have not helped to contain the latest surge in infections.

"The fumbling, bumbling and tumbling roll-out of Hotspot Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE) system is symptomatic of everything that is wrong about the failed PN government," Lim said in a statement.

The Bagan MP said Putrajaya's actions have resulted in utter confusion, f...