KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's external debt has swelled to RM740.7bil in the third quarter of last year from RM196bil in the final quarter of 2013, the Dewan Rakyat was told.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also the Finance Minister, in a written reply said that the sharp increase was due to a new definition in debt reporting, in use since last year.
