COMMENT | It is good that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed outspoken former second finance minister Johari Abdul Ghani, who has strongly criticised the Goldman Sachs-1MDB deal, to head a task force to investigate deals at 1MDB.

He seems to know the issues.

But he should be given the brief to investigate a number of other deals too.

This includes the flawed 1MDB-IPIC settlement, the possible complicity of China in the 1MDB deal involving some RM30 billion, a settlement with Najib Abdul Razak’s stepson Riza Aziz, and the question of why more people are not being charged in the 1MDB scandal.

Let’s take each in turn, starting with Goldman Sachs...