Former DAP MP Tony Pua has drawn parallels between the police investigation into an alleged conspiracy to topple the government and his own persecution during the 1MDB era, calling on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to put a stop to what he described as "ridiculous nonsense".

Pua, whom police investigated and barred from leaving the country during the 1MDB scandal for alleged conspiracy in activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy, said the latest probe felt unsettlingly familiar.