KUALA LUMPUR: Rafizi Ramli has hit out at Datuk Dr Puad Zarkashi over the latter's deliberate attacks over him and the Central Database Hub (Padu).

The Economy Minister said Puad, who is an Umno Supreme Council member, would still be dissatisfied even if Malaysia becomes a rich country. Rafizi said Puad's attacks against him have always been personal.

"For Puad, even if Malaysia becomes a rich country, he will still not ageee with me because I was the one who brought the 1MDB issue when he was the director-general of the Special Affairs Department (Jasa).

"Then he lost the elections and was thrown out of government. So it's personal.

"If we look at what's happening, those who are against Padu and making noise about it are politicians and they only make up four or five people," Rafiz told reporters after the soft launch of the KL20 summit 2024.

On Sunday, Puad attributed the flaws of Padu to Rafizi's failures.

According to Puad, Rafizi, known as the "Formula King," was unsuccessful this time with his formulas.

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