1MDB chairperson Irwan Serigar Abdullah today deflected two questions related to the controversial firm.

The first question was on United States attorney-general Jeff Sessions' description of the 1MDB scandal as "kleptocracy at its worst".

"Wait, when the time comes, I will come to the press," replied Irwan, who is also Treasury secretary-general, during a press conference in Putrajaya.

Speaking at the Global Forum on Asset Recovery in Washington DC on Monday, Sessions said almost half of the US$3.5 billion (RM14.2 billion) corruption proceeds seized by the US government came from 1MDB-related civil forfeiture suits...