The ruling coalition, faced by the onslaught of the 1MDB scandal, may have hoped to put the opposition in a similar position by setting up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the forex scandal that took place some 30 years ago.

However, far from being defensive, Pakatan Harapan is on board with Putrajaya's bid to investigate the forex scandal, PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil said today.

Therefore, Fahmi said, Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak's accusations that Harapan was politicising the forex scandal RCI was a case of "pure spin"...