A lawyer representing Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said they have yet to see or watch the web interview with a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) finance editor who claimed the millions of ringgit found in the prime minister's personal bank accounts were from 1MDB.

Lawyer Wan Azmir Wan Majid said his firm Hafarizam Wan Aisha and Mubarak will seek further instructions from Najib over the matter before deciding whether to file a suit.

"I have not seen the article or watched the web video. I cannot comment on it unless I have seen it.

"Honestly, I have not got instructions and am not aware of it yet. If we get directions and I know factually if (what is alleged) is true or not, I will give a proper response," he said today.

Wan Azmir was asked on the matter on the sidelines of Felda's contempt proceedings decision against Subang MP R Sivarasa and a settler at the Appeals Court in Putrajaya.

He was asked whether the firm which acts for Najib would sue WSJ following the latest revelation from the editor that the money did not come from Saudi Arabia as claimed by the PM but from 1MDB.

Najib's other lawyer Mohd Hafarizam Harun had previously said he had wrote to WSJ to clarify whether their report last July meant the money came from 1MDB.

'Not from Saudis'

The letter was also to enquire whether WSJ would invoke the Securing of the Protection of Our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (Speech) Act to stop Najib's lawsuits against them on 1MDB.

The Act is a statutory federal law in the US that makes foreign libel judgments unenforceable by American courts.

Yesterday, it was reported that the WSJ editor Ken Brown, in an interview with ABC News Australia last Feb 12, had refuted attorney-general Mohamad Apandi Ali's claim that the money deposited into Najib's private accounts was a donation from the Saudi royal family.

"Our reporting has shown for months now that the money did not come from the Saudis, but it came via a bunch of companies and bank accounts related to 1MDB.

“And as you know, our story hasn't been called into question yet and we have loads of evidence to back that up," Brown told ABC 's Beverley O'Connor.