Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia as a "government goalkeeper".

He said this in response to former finance minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah's speech criticising 1MDB in Parliament and Pandikar's subsequent claim that the Tambun MP and others may have breached their oaths of secrecy.

Mahathir did not specifically name Pandikar but instead described him as "Pendekar" (warrior).