Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the cabinet meeting today did not discuss the matter of Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin, who had announced her departure from Bersatu to join Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) last month.

Her position as a minister is currently in question as it was by virtue of a Bersatu quota. As she has yet to officially join PBM, she is considered an independent minister right now.