Dr Mahathir Mohamad has cited 53 international media organisations which have reported the issues surrounding Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and 1MDB.
This is to lend credence to his argument that while the Malaysian prime minister is suffering a global credibility deficit, Umno leaders however continue to defend him.
Mahathir's media list, which was posted on his blog, is as below:
1. South China Morning Post
2. The Australian
3. Australia Broadcasting Corporation
4. Sydney Morning Herald
5. Herald Tribune
6. Herald Tribune Latin America
7. International Business Times
8. International Business Times Singapore Edition
9. Wall Street Journal
10. International New York Times
11. TIME Magazine
12. The Guardian
13. The Daily Mail
14. Sun Daily (UK)
15. Euronews
16. Deutsche Welle
17. Singapore Straits Times
18. TODAY
19. Today Online
20. India Today
21. Business Standard (India)
22. India Times
23. Fortune
24. EJ Insight (Hong Kong)
25. Anadolu (Turkey)
26. Bangkok Post
27. Chiang Rai Times
28. BBC
29. New Zealand Herald
30. Reuters
31. Bloomberg
32. Channel News Asia
33. Al-Jazeera
34. PAKISTAN FIRST
35. Swissinfo.ch
36. MWC News
37. East Asia Forum
38. Radio New Zealand
39. CNBC
40. The Independent
41. NewsX (Pakistan)
42. StateoftheStateKS (USA)
43. Asian Correspondent
44. Times of London
45. Financial Times
46. Asia Sentinel
47. Courier Mail
48. Jawa Post
49. Tempo
50. Waspada
51. The Telegraph
52. The Diplomat
53. Myanmar Times
Meanwhile, the former premier also compiled a second list on international agencies probing the 1MDB case and others, which read:
Luxembourg : Public Prosecutors Office, Luxembourg
Switzerland : Swiss Attorney-General's Office
Singapore : Singapore Police Commercial Affairs Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore
USA : US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hong Kong : Hong Kong police
United Kingdom : Serious Fraud Office
United Arab Emirates : The UAE authorities have issued travel bans and frozen the assets of Khadeem Al Qubaisi and Mohammed Badawy Al Husseiny - two top executives of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund closely linked to 1MDB.
France : French national prosecutor's office (in relation to the purchase of two submarines).
Mahathir said Najib claims that all the allegations against him are untrue and his supporters are quoted as stating that the widespread media reports and the agencies investigating the matter want to tarnish the prime minister’s reputation.
"As if they (these organisations) have no other work apart from running down Najib with news reports and lengthy TV programmes which include photographs and documents.
"All the evidence shown by them cannot be accepted, according to his supporters. What can be accepted and believed is only Najib's denial.
"His denial is sufficient for the attorney-general (Mohamed Apandi Ali) not to bring a case against Najib in court," he said.
Najib has repeatedly denied abusing public funds for personal gain and accused Mahathir of attempting to topple him from power.
