The decision by the government of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to place the auditor-general’s report on 1MDB under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) is ripe for a legal challenge.

The MP for Ipoh Barat, M Kulasegaran, in remarks made at the 50th anniversary of his party’s Bercham branch on Saturday, noted that nowhere in the constitutional provisions on the auditor-general’s role does it say that the auditor-general’s findings can be prorogued by the prime minister.

“By placing the auditor-general’s report on 1MDB under an OSA seal, the government has prorogued the constitutional exercise of that office,” said the federal legislator from the DAP.