BN Backbencher's Club (BNBBC) chairperson Shahrir Abdul Samad said the public seem satisfied with explanations that the RM2.6 billion deposited into Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's personal accounts were a donation.

"It (public reaction) seems fine, not as bad as the social media made it out to be. Social media is being syok sendiri (self indulgent).

"That is what we want to stress from the social media viewpoint. Inaccurate news must be explained," he said in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

All of the other BN MPs present at the press conference also agreed that they had no problems with the explanations and were confident in their constituencies.

In early July, the Wall Street Journal claimed that nearly US$700 million had been transferred into Najib's personal account, and a multi-agency special task force confirmed it was probing the allegations.

The special task force comprised of the police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Bank Negara Malaysia and the Attorney-General's Chambers.

By late July, Najib replaced attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail with Mohamed Apandi Ali, who promptly disbanded the task force.

Following this, there was a highly-publicised string of arrest made on MACC officers over a purported leak of information.

Shortly after, MACC released a statement declaring the RM2.6 billion deposited into Najib's account as a donation from an anonymous donor in the Middle East.