COMMENT | If you have been following the 1MDB saga, you are likely to be confused. But you are not alone. Like millions of Malaysians, you will be left scratching your head at the latest turn of events.

History, it is said, can sometimes return to unearth the intricate details which had previously been buried sometimes in legalese and terminology. But most of the time, despite half-truths spun into make-believe statements, Joe Public can detect those things before the truth comes out eventually.

Take the case of the RM2.6 billion, which former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak had claimed was a donation from an Arab prince.

On Sept 10, 2018, he posted a copy of...