DAP lawmaker Tony Pua today concurred with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak that the opposition blew up 1MDB issues to topple the government.

The opposition did this because Najib's administration is now a world-renowned kleptocracy, Pua said in a statement today.

Yesterday, Najib slammed certain politicians for blowing up the 1MDB issues out of proportion and for trying to sabotage the state investment fund in an attempt to topple the government in-between election cycles.

Najib acknowledged that there 'were lapses in 1MDB's governance', and he had 'personally given instructions for a rationalisation of the company's operations'.

Pua questioned why Najib only has the courage to deliver his 'defence' of 1MDB with a straight face to an audience, without giving them the opportunity to raise questions, and for refusing, over the past five years, to address Parliament on the matter...