There is nothing wrong with Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng exposing the previous administration's corruption and wrongdoings, said Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang.

At a press conference today, the veteran DAP leader stressed the need for wrongdoings to be made public by Pakatan Harapan ministers who have the information.

Kit Siang was asked to respond if he agreed with Harapan de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's view that Guan Eng should refrain from such exposés and instead concentrate on assuring investors to invest in the country. 

"I believe there is a need to build a new Malaysia, and we must be able to undo the wrongs of the past," Kit Siang responded in general.

"I have been exposing all the wrongs in my last 52 years and I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

"Malaysiakini, (for instance), will be exposing this if they have the information, and they (may) blame the minister for covering up," he added.

In an interview with Astro Awani, Anwar said he had told Guan Eng that his position was sensitive and he should leave exposés to other ministers or agencies.

Guan Eng responded that he was merely following an instruction from Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamd to expose wrongdoings.

Elaborating further, Kit Siang said several ministries had done a commendable job in dealing with wrongdoings in their own ministries.

"I think we are making a very good headway. We have seen not only the Finance Ministry but also the Education Ministry and Human Resources Ministry have opened up on past wrongs.

"By doing this, you can put things right, that, we can build a new Malaysia," he said.

Kit Siang also declined to respond on behalf of Guan Eng over criticisms that the minister's vocal tell-all approach on the 1MDB scandal had an undesirable effect on investors.

"You have to ask him, I don't answer for him," he said.