It is a rare occurrence, but PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli has said he agrees with former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

The only difference, Rafizi said, is that Mahathir belongs to BN and he to Pakatan Rakyat, but both have been discussing the same issues.

"I am not sure if Mahathir's blog was hacked or blocked by the authorities. Or the page does not work because too many people are visiting it.

"However, this means the people reject the explanations given by Prime Minister Najib Razak," Rafizi said on WhatsApp.

He said this in reference to Mahathir's blog Chedet.cc being inaccessible for some two hours yesterday, which Rafizi see as a sign that many Malaysians are interested in the latest developments in the embattled 1MDB.

The information that have surfaced about Najib's pet project, that has been embroiled in questions of mounting debt and various allegations, have made people hungry for information on 1MDB, added Rafizi, who is also PKR secretary-general.

Rafizi's blog also inaccessible

While Rafizi and his Pakatan colleague Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua have been constantly on the heels of 1MDB, Mahathir has recently joined the fray with critical articles in his blog.

"I agree with Mahathir's writings that the 1MDB issue will cause BN's defeat in the 14th general election," Rafizi said.

In the face of mounting questions surrounding its debt situation and business activities, 1MDB received a bombshell last week when whistleblower website Sarawak Report ran a series of reports.

The website based these reports on email it claimed it had showing how a joint venture with a Saudi firm was used as a front to allegedly siphon money out to billionaire businessman Jho Low.

Meanwhile, Rafizi found himself in the same boat as Mahathir. At about 7.30pm today, his blog, too, was inaccessible.

He said it was definitely not due to too many people trying to access it as he did not have any new posting today.

“I don't know whether it's DDOS (distributed denial of service attack), have requested server host to check,” he said.