Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today said his threat to sue Harakah , stating that it was to defend his family.

The PAS organ had questioned whether Najib's stepson Riza Aziz's wealth had benefited from state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

"What was reported in Harakah was defamatory and completely untrue.

They did not show evidence, so it is my right to defend myself and my family," Najib was quoted as saying by The Star Online .