Bank Negara will not be drawn into politics in its investigations into the beleaguered state-owned fund 1MDB, its governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz vowed today.

"The central bank has never been drawn into politics… we will do anything we can to protect the institution from being drawn into any political agenda.

"I think we owe it to the public at large and the people to remain so," Zeti told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.