DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang will be appearing before the special task force investigating the Bank Negara forex losses between 1991 and 1993 on Thursday.

Lim, who was the opposition leader at the time, said he would face the seven-member task force headed by former chief secretary Mohd Sidek Hassan.

In a statement today, Lim reiterated that he had been calling for an investigation into Bank Negara's losses since more than two decades ago.

"I stand by my speech in Parliament in April 1994 calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the colossal Bank Negara forex losses," said Lim, adding that functions of the task force today should remain the same as what he had proposed at the time.