Malaysia rebuts Australian documentary on allegations related to PM

The Malaysian government said on Wednesday that an Australian news documentary on the allegations and controversies of Prime Minister Najib Razak was a "one sided" attack to discredit the country and its leaders.

"It is indeed regretful that the reporting made in the program has been one sided where it attacked the accountability of the prime minister of Malaysia and the Malaysian government System," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The documentary entitled "state of fear: murder and money in Malaysia" produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) "Four corners" program, had conveniently ignored the previous clarifications by the Malaysian government and had resulted in a biased reporting, it said.

The program was broadcasted in Australia earlier this week. Two reporters were briefly detained by the Malaysian authorities when they tried to interview Najib during a public event.

The foreign ministry said the two reporters were arrested after refusing to follow police security instruction.

Najib has denied any wrongdoing following allegations emerged that hundreds of millions of U.S. dollar had gone into his personal account.

Malaysia's attorney general said the funds were legal donations and the prime minister had committed no offense.

In a separate statement, a Malaysian government spokesperson said ABC's documentary had confirmed that the funds were a donation from a Saudi royal family in line with Najib's statement and exhaustive investigations by multiple lawful authorities. Enditem