1MDB issue top topic at Bank Negara’s briefing


KUALA LUMPUR: Issues relating to 1MDB Bhd and the weak ringgit overshadowed Bank Negara’s third-quarter economic briefing, with the 1MDB issue being the main thrust of the media.

Asked whether the central bank had made any mistake in the investigation on 1MDB’s investments abroad, Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz replied with an emphatic “No”.

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