Putrajaya's special committee on the 1MDB affair was briefed by representatives from the Finance Ministry, Securities Commission and the Auditor-General's Department today.

Committee chairperson Abu Talib Othman said the committee had sought clarifications from the three agencies in relations to the  Audit Department report on 1MDB.

"They briefed and explained to us about the 1MDB reports, which has now been declassified," he said when met after the committee's meeting in Kuala Lumpur today. 

When asked when investigations on 1MDB would be completed, Abu Talib, who was once attorney-general, said: "Only God knows".

The five-member 1MDB committee was formed by Putrajaya soon after Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad took office. 

The committee has been tasked with coordinating overseeing a special taskforce probing the criminal elements of the 1MDB affair, and taking steps to repatriate 1MDB's overseas assets.

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak had ordered the Audit Department to investigate 1MDB in 2015. However, he reneged his promise to make the audit report public.

It was only made public after Mahathir took office. 

The audit report corroborated with many allegations of wrongdoing alleged by the US Department of Justice, which the previous Najib administration has claimed as unproven.