Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin's spirited defence of palm oil in Malaysia, including her assertion that they were not harming the orangutan population and the primates were more likely to kill humans than the other way round, has gained social media attention.

The speech took place on Jan 5 but an excerpt began circulating on TikTok recently. It was subsequently shared by former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, a PKR vice-president who is presently inactive in the party.

In the excerpt...