PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli was called to the Companies Commission Malaysia (CCM) headquarters today, as part of its “surprise inspection” into the financial records of his National Oversight and Whistleblowers (NOW) organisation.

"I feel that this is harassment and a nuisance and political pressure," said the Pandan MP, when met by reporters as he arrived at CCM's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today, accompanied by NOW executive director Akmal Nasir.

CCM previously said it audited 281 firms for compliance under Section 167 of the Companies Act between 2014 and October 2016.

Rafizi said it was notable that NOW was one of the few selected for the audit, out of the hundreds of thousands of companies in Malaysia.

"It's not even a business entity, it's just a black hole sucking my money," said Rafizi, who was the founding executive director of NOW.

Speaking from his 16 years' experience as a chartered accountant, he said CCM usually audits companies related to public interest.

He cited the example of 1MDB, which had stopped submitting its financial documents since 2014, yet faced no action over this.

However, Rafizi said CCM had been very cooperative with him and that he would return the favour.

Rafizi had previously criticised CCM for its Oct 14 raid on NOW's office, which he claimed did not follow procedure.

The CCM officers had said that their inspection of NOW's office was to ensure that the organisation complied with Section 167 of the Companies Act 1967 which requires that officials and directors keep complete financial records for up to seven years.

Rafizi today said he brought with him NOW's financial record since its formation to the year ending Dec 31, 2015, to be submitted to CCM for auditing.