KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): Blocking access to whistleblower site Sarawak Report will only cause further damage to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's credibility and will not end his woes over scandal-ridden 1Malaysia Development Bhd, DAP said today.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said Najib should immediately order the reversal of the block, adding that it would be in his best interest to "tell the truth" about all the allegations Sarawak Report had raised.

"Blocking access to Sarawak Report is not going to end his 1MDB woes but the opposite, plunging his credibility and legitimacy to even unimaginable depths, which is not good for him as prime minister and for the nation as well," Lim said in a statement today.

"To debunk the myriad of allegations whether about 1MDB or other scandals, whether by Sarawak Report, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) or other sources, is to tell the truth (like answering the basic questions whether RM2.6 billion had been deposited into his personal accounts, where the monies came from and where the monies had gone to.

"Najib should know that speaking the truth is the only answer to all the myriad of allegations as all the Justos and Lesters cannot save him or exempt him from his personal duty to public accountability and transparency of his office and responsibility as prime minister."

Sarawak Report's website is no longer accessible in Malaysia and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) last night confirmed that it had instructed local Internet service providers to block access to the site, claiming that it was disrupting "national security".

MCMC had said that the decision was taken following complaints from the public.

"The contents could be fake. Such contents could affect the peace and cause national instability, disrupt public order and affect economic stability."

The site has not been accessible in Malaysia since yesterday evening but can still be accessed through proxy servers.

Lim, who is Gelang Patah MP, said that Najib is being ill-served by his line of "highly and overpaid" public relations consultant who have led him to believe that blocking access to Sarawak Report would end his 1MDB woes.

"In blocking access to Sarawak Report, Najib and MCMC are virtually announcing to Malaysians and the world that the prime minister is not as guiltless as he wants the people to believe with regard to the allegations which have been made against him, as Najib has not been able to rebut them at all."

Instead, Najib was doing Sarawak Report a "great favour" by publicising the site further.

Lim added that if MCMC was serious about blocking access to websites that published false information, the commission should act against other websites linked to the federal government, and named "particularly Utusan Malaysia", which he said "are guilty not only of posting unverified information but downright lies and falsehoods".

Responding to the block, Sarawak Report has said that the act would only bring further "discredit" to Putrajaya.

Earlier today, PKR said that Putrajaya should have taken legal action against Sarawak Report instead of blocking the site because of its exposes on 1MDB.