Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi slammed PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man for claiming that Malaysia's refusal to pursue the 1MDB case prompted foreign countries to investigate the financial scandal that has spanned the globe.

"What paved the way for foreign powers were certain individuals lodging reports (against 1MDB abroad), with the intention of courting foreign intervention in the political conflict of our country.

"This argument is supported by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang himself," said Puad, who heads the government's propaganda arm, the Special Affairs Department (Jasa).

Puad's statement was contained in a lengthy information blast sent out by Jasa, through WhatsApp.

He also rubbished the call by Tuan Ibrahim and several other opposition leaders for the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the 1MDB scandal, since it had set up an RCI on the foreign exchange market (forex) scandal, which occurred around 30 years ago, when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was prime minister...