KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 -- Minister in Prime Minister's Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should not behave like a hypocrite over Riza Abdul Aziz's plea bargain.

The de facto law minister was responding to the Langkawi MP's statement yesterday where Dr Mahathir said he was "confused and concerned" over the decision carried out by the of the Attorney General's office that conducted the case at the end of last year.

"The government hopes that Tun will not behave like a hypocrite by saying that he was "puzzled", confused and did not understand about a decision made by the Attorney General and implemented by the Deputy Public Prosecutor that was managing the case at the end of 2019.

"Tun's a...