The Special Affairs Department (Jasa), the government's propaganda arm, has accused former Bank Negara adviser Nor Mohamed Yakcop of trying to protect then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the forex scandal.

Weighing in on the ongoing royal commission of inquiry (RCI), Jasa director-general Mohd Puad Zarkashi also questioned whether Nor Mohamed was taking up the role of a scapegoat.

Puad was referring to Nor Mohamed's testimony to the RCI on the losses suffered by Bank Negara in the forex market from the late 1980s to the early 1990s...