Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin has spun a wry tale on the potential difficulties the government will face when investigating leaks of data from the classified 1MDB audit report in the Sarawak Report articles.

The comedy of errors begins when inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar approaches auditor-general Ambrin Buang to verify the authenticity of the documents leaked by the whistleblower.

"But how is he to ask and how is Ambrin to answer when the report has become a super confidential document under the OSA?" Kadir wrote on his blog today.

The former New Straits Times group editor-in-chief was referring to the fact that the government has classified the audit report under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

Kadir said if Ambrin were to verify the documents on Sarawak Report as authentic, this would only get Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in trouble.

"But Ambrin can say that he can't answer because the report has been 'OSA'ed'," said Kadir.

The audit report on 1MDB has remained under wraps despite calls for it to be declassified and tabled in Parliament.

Critics say keeping the auditor-general's findings secret shows that Najib has something to hide.

Sarawak Report claimed the report is bad for Najib and the state investment firm 1MDB, and that it contained "stark criticism" from Ambrin.

Malaysiakini cannot independently verify if the documents published by Sarawak Report are authentic, nor can it report on the contents due to legal restrictions.

Continuing his tale, Kadir said the IGP would also face difficulty when trying to arrest the whistleblower site's editor, Clare Rewcastle-Brown.

"Last year Khalid tried to catch Rewcastle-Brown, but failed when Interpol said there was no reason to catch the white woman.

"Syusyah kan? (Difficult, ain't it?)," Kadir said in jest.