Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak should be barred from travelling abroad until the 1MDB scandal is investigated, according to Lim Kit Siang.

"If anyone deserves to be on the blacklist, it should be Najib," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.        

The DAP veteran also asked if all those involved in the 1MDB scandal are on the 'blacklist'.

He was responding to the travel ban on DAP MP Tony Pua and PKR lawmaker Rafizi Ramli, two staunch critics of 1MDB.

Also barred is The Edge media group owner Tong Kooi Ong.

Police sources have claimed that all three are being investigated under Section 124 of the Penal Code in relation to activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy.

This is over claims that documents related to 1MDB were tampered with and fabricated.

Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong, who was present, noted that the travel bans might be a precursor to a crackdown on those highlighting the 1MDB issue.

IGP's statement

He was referring to the inspector-general of police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar statement this morning that the police would probe those named by former journalist Lester Melanyi in his video confession.

The 'confession' said that whistleblower website Sarawak Report had fabricated documents regarding the 1MDB issue.

"This a precursor to a crackdown after what IGP said this morning. So IGP must now answer what he means by a conspiracy theory,” said Liew.

Earlier today, Khalid said the statements by former Sarawak journalist Lester Melanyi and Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo are being probed under Section 124 of the Penal Code.

Lester claimed that Rafizi and Pua were in cahoots with Sarawak Report in fabricating the documents.

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