"Where is the human rights for police and victims of robbery, shootings and murders. Why are human rights defenders not upholding this? Human rights only applies to criminals?" he asked in a terse tweet.
The tweet does not appear to refer to anything in particular, but comes after a barrage of criticism against him following Malaysiakini's report on a leaked recording of his speech.
Zahid has been silent since the report on Monday, where he was exposed to have condoned the practice of shooting suspected criminals instead of arresting them.
He was also recorded as saying that he would go all out against people who defended criminals.
His critics, including international body Human Rights Watch, has called for his sacking over the remarks which has even made news outside Malaysian borders.
His remarks also prompted the civil society to call for investigations into all extra-judicial killings by the police.
Among those shot dead in recent years were several youths, including 14-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah. All were all accused of attacking police before being gunned down.
Then Selangor police chief and now Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar claimed that Aminulrasyid, who died in a hail of bullets, tried to ram into the police and carried a parang in the car he was driving.
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