Finance Minister II Johari Abdul Ghani said the government will take legal action against the individuals named in the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) civil suit related to 1MDB, if they were found guilty of wrongdoing.

There will be no two ways in dealing with this matter, he stressed.

The Umno minister was asked today if his colleague Paul Low's remark was the latter's own opinion, or a cabinet decision.

Low had pledged this morning that the government would take legal action against the individuals named in DOJ or anyone else, if they were proven guilty of misappropriation of 1MDB's funds.

"This is not only his statement. The prime minister has said the same thing. I've said it many times as well," Johari said at the sidelines of a property forum.

"We will take action against those responsible if we have enough evidence."

On July 25, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said whoever was named in the DOJ's forfeiture suit, must clear their names.

The DOJ had filed civil suits to seize assets in the United States that it claimed were purchased using funds siphoned from 1MDB. It plans to return the proceeds of the sale of these assets to Malaysia.

Riza Aziz, Najib’s stepson and Jho Low, the businessman reportedly close to the prime minister’s family, were named in the DOJ's suit.

Also named were Abu Dhabi government officials Khadem Abdulla Al-Qubaisi and Mohammed Ahmed Badawy Al-Husseiny.

Al Qubaisi and Al-Husseiny are former officials in a sovereign fund in Abu Dhabi that participated in deals with 1MDB.

The Malaysian Official 1, who was mentioned 36 times in the DOJ's court documents, is alleged to have been on the receiving end of US$731 million in 1MDB funds.

The prime minister has repeatedly denied abusing public funds for personal gain, and attorney-general Mohamad Apandi Ali has cleared him of any wrongdoing, in an earlier investigation over US$681 million found in Najib's bank account.

Meanwhile, Johari declined to comment on the latest exposé by whistleblower portal Sarawak Report, which alleged that 1MDB money was used to build a Las Vegas nightclub empire.

"I can't comment on anything from the Sarawak Report because it's not the kind of authoritative publication I can rely on," he said.

Offshore financial centre watchdog website Offshore Alerts had published a document that could link Hakkasan nightclub and restaurant chain to Khadem al-Qubaisi.

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) had alleged that Khadem received US$473 million originating from 1MDB, via a bank account in Luxembourg bank Edmond de Rothschild, under the name 'Vasco Trust'.

When asked again on cabinet's stand on MO1, whom many think is involved in wrongdoing, Johari decided he had enough of such questions.

He pointed out the media had asked on this many times, and he wanted them to stop harping on the issue, saying it was up to the authorities to resolve the matter.

“I just want to drive the economy,” added the Umno supreme council member.

Johari, who is also the Titiwangsa parliamentarian, said the police were investigating 1MDB and were in the midst of gathering information.

"As you know, the investigation involve other jurisdictions, and it will take time to process all the information," he said.