Muhyiddin who was stripped of his Cabinet posts last year for publicly speaking of controversies surrounding state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), said police had contacted him last week to have his statement recorded.

“However after some discussion, we agreed to postpone the meeting,” he told reporters when met at the Parliament lobby here.

When asked as to the new date for the meeting, Muhyiddin replied: “Maybe some time next week, I don’t know. But yes, they (police) did ask for me to come to Bukit Aman.”

The president of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) along with former Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, are being investigated for the 1MDB-centred speech they made when debating Budget 2017 in the Dewan Rakyat last week.

The duo allegedly revealed information that was made privy to them in their capacity as members of the Federal Cabinet.

While Husni was said to have questioned the mismanagement and alleged embezzlement of funds at 1MDB, Muhyiddin had expressly relayed the contents of some of the discussions that took place in the Cabinet.

Muhyiddin was reported to have said that while he was still the deputy prime minister, the Federal Cabinet had wanted to approve a RM3 billion loan to 1MDB, but that after much persuasion on his part, a decision was made to convert the loan into a standby credit facility of RM950 million instead.

Just days after making this revelation, Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police headquarters, claiming Muhyiddin had committed an offence under the Official Secrets Act 1972 by breaking the oath of secrecy which applies to civil servants even after they have resigned or retired from civil service.

Opposition lawmakers as well as legal experts however have invoked Article 63 (2) of the Federal Constitution which provides legal and civil immunity to all MPs for what they say inside the august House.