INTERVIEW | In the explanations and counter-explanations on the 1MDB issue, 1MDB chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy and DAP's Tony Pua have also traded many barbs over the years.

There were also repeated challenges for a public debate between the two, but they have always been scuttled, one way or another.

When Pua first challenged Arul Kanda to a live debate in August 2015, even the then communications and multimedia minister Salleh Said Keruak offered to air the event on television.

Arul Kanda eventually agreed to debate unconditionally but the potential showdown was shut down by Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia who vowed to block any such event while the PAC investigation was still ongoing...