Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said today described the latest accusations levelled by the opposition that the government was trying to cover up the 1MDB scandal as "utterly baseless".

In a statement, Azalina, who is in charge of parliamentary affairs, said allegations that none of the 1MDB-related questions was answered in Dewan Rakyat today, were untrue.

"In the first day of the fifth Parliamentary sitting, there were four questions about 1MDB, from Petaling Jaya Utara, Kelana Jaya, Seremban and Segambut (lawmakers), which were listed on the Order Paper.

"The questions which were not listed on the Order Paper may be under the jurisdiction of the court, or against the Dewan Rakyat's Standing Orders. The act of the opposition to blow up this issue only shows they have run out of ideas to voice out in the Parliament. The opposition should, by right, give precedence to issues that concern people under their respective constituencies, and not recycle the same old issues," she said...