Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has hit back at PKR president Anwar Ibrahim after the latter asked why three government-linked banks provided RM2.51 billion in unsecured loans to Genting Hong Kong Ltd.

In an explainer on social media, Zafrul said if lending to gambling companies was a problem, Anwar should have done something when he was finance minister in the 1990s.

"If (lending to gambling companies) is a really important issue...