Future haj pilgrims sponsored by 1MDB can no longer feign ignorance over the 'illicit nature' of the funds used to send them to Makkah, said Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“If you go and perform the haj with stolen money, it is like knowing that the plate is full of haram food but you still eat it.

“If you don’t know, that’s okay, but now you know the (1MDB haj) money is stolen,” Mahathir said at a press conference in Shah Alam today.