The Prime Minister's Office announced this afternoon that a task force has been formed to investigate the 1MDB scandal.

Among others, it has been entrusted with prosecuting wrongdoers if its investigations reveal criminal elements and to retrieve funds related to 1MDB.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had often claimed that the RM2.6 billion in his predecessor's bank accounts originated from 1MDB which international investigations, including the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) civil forfeiture suits, appeared to have corroborated.

Najib Abdul Razak, however, maintained the sum was a no-strings-attached donation and that he had never abused public funds for personal gain.

Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali also confirmed this but Mahathir has accused him of concealing evidence related to the 1MDB scandal, which he denied.

Now as the task force re-opens the case which Apandi had shut, it remains to be seen if former deputy premier Ahmad Zahid Hamidi would be among those summoned to shed some light...