Kuala Lampur, April 19 -- Any expenditure to improve the country's defence assets has taken a backseat to channel funds to bailout Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) and the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu said.

In a group interview with the media yesterday, the politician known as Mat Sabu said that a substantial part of the ministry's budget had to be diverted to say the two "Malay institutions".

"It depends on need and most importantly, financial ability, because now a lot of our money is used to save the Malay institutions which have been destroyed: Tabung Haji and Felda," he told the press.

"So the Pakatan Harapan government is being attacked by those saying that [the government] don't care about th...