KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 -- Accused of adopting 'creative accounting' in the management of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) funds, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Mujahid Yusof Rawa today threw the accusation back at Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Dewan Rakyat.

In doing so, Mujahid also revealed the huge disparity in the cost of managing Haj pilgrims between 2018 and 2019.

"The one who manipulated is not us. We have experts. Whoever did the 'creative accounting' is also not the government today. We inherited all that from the previous government.

"I want to give assurance here. The answer to the questions posed by Ketereh. In the first quarter of 2019, the cost to manage Haj operations, which we handled, compared to the first quart...