(June 25): A little known group calling itself the Malaysian Chinese Network (JCM) today urged police to initiate investigations against all media outlets that have reported and published news on troubled state investor 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

This, according to the NGO's president Ng Lum Yong, was because they had published articles based on the "forged documents" provided by former PetroSaudi International's employee, Xavier Andre Justo, who is now in the custody of the Thai police.

Ng lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today and singled out The Edge and The Malaysian Insider as examples of media outlets responsible for such reporting.

"All local media organisations operating in Malaysia must be investigated by police for publishing articles using forged document provided by Justo, who was detained on charges of extortion.”

He named The Edge and TMI as the media outlets that used such "forged documents".

Asked how he came to the conclusion that the information used were false, Ng said: "As shown, many of the numbers quoted are sometimes not accurate.

"The Edge wrote articles on 1MDB, but details are not exact.

"Therefore, this causes chaos to our economy," said Ng, who was a former PKR founding member in the brief press conference in front of the police station.

Yesterday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi warned The Edge and its owner Datuk Tong Kooi Ong that publishing permits issued to the media group could be revoked over reports on 1MDB.

He said The Edge and Tong had to take responsibility for reporting inaccurate news and factual errors.

His statement came following reports that Justo had been arrested for alleged blackmail and fabrication of information leaked to UK-based website Sarawak Report.

The Malaysian Insider is part of the The Edge Media Group which publishes The Edge. – The Malaysian Insider