PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli has revived questions over alleged interference by Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz and Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in a RM854 million defence contract.

Allegations about the two having a hand in the contract - to procure self-propelled howitzers (SPH) for the army - being awarded via direct tender first emerged in mid-August, but remain unaddressed.

According to an excerpt of an alleged letter from the Finance Ministry to the Defence Ministry...