Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali said his conscience was clear after Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused him of concealing evidence with regard to the 1MDB scandal.
"My conscience is clear. Anyway, I will cross the bridge when I come to it.
"What is of utmost importance is that the rule of law shall prevail and whatever action to be taken or done by anyone must be in accordance to the law, in particular, the supreme law, i.e. the Federal Constitution," he told Malaysiakini.
In 2016, Apandi had cleared Mahathir's immediate predecessor Najib Abdul Razak of any wrongdoing.
This was over the RM2.6 billion in Najib's personal accounts which international investigations claim originated from 1MDB.
Najib, who denied abusing public funds for personal gain, claimed that the sum was a donation from a Saudi royalty with no strings attached.
The former premier had also accused Mahathir of attempting to topple him from power using false allegations.
At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur earlier, the prime minister said he was looking into the attorney-general.
"We have to look into who is the attorney-general. At the moment, the attorney-general has undermined his own credibility.
"He has, in fact, hidden evidence of wrongdoing and that is wrong in law," he said. -Mkini
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