Lim Kit Siang is wondering if the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Bank Negara's foreign exchange (forex) losses concluded its proceedings earlier than scheduled to avoid the need for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to appear as a witness.

Testifying before the RCI yesterday, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed Najib was one of the ministers in a 1993 cabinet meeting who rejected Lim’s proposal to set up an RCI into the losses then.

Lim asked if the RCI decided to wrap up its proceedings in order to prevent Najib from explaining his decision to oppose the call in the past...