PMO: Former govt chief sec to head special task force probing Bank Negara's 1990s forex losses


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet has appointed former chief secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan (pic) as chairman of the special task force to conduct an initial probe into foreign exchange (forex) losses suffered by Bank Negara Malaysia in the 1990s.

The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Wednesday that the task force's terms of reference would be to conduct preliminary investigations into the forex losses, allegedly amounting to billions of ringgit.

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