Arul Kanda to Tony Pua: 'I hereby accept the debate challenge. Bring it on!'

Arul Kanda in a statement Friday said Pua is a tad confused and has contradicted himself.

"On Thursday morning, he said I should resign from 1MDB. On Thursday night, he asked to debate with me. It is clear that [YB] Tony is confused and contradicts himself. He does not know if he loves me or hates me.

Pua who sits on PAC, Thursday issued a fresh challenge to Arul Kanda to debate the issues plaguing the debt-stricken company.

"He says I should resign, then says I need to stay on and debate with him. This is despite many in the DAP, including [YB] Tony, calling me a liar, who is not worth listening to. So why debate, when you will not listen to, or believe, anything I say?," said Arul Kanda.

He viewed the debate as the first time ever that "a PAC "DAP judge" wants to debate with a "defendant", after the proceedings are over and after a bi-partisan, collective, PAC Report has been issued."

"To avoid being embarrassed a second time, I hope [YB] Tony has first checked with the Speaker of Parliament before issuing this debate challenge," he said.

"What is clear is that, despite him almost exclusively questioning me for 2 full days at the PAC, the DAP representative, [YB] Tony, still wants to spend quality time with me. Far be it from me, to deny [YB] Tony this pleasure.