Samurai bond to help settle 1MDB debts


"I feel horrible about the fact that people who worked at Goldman Sachs, and it doesn't matter if it's a partner or it's an entry level employee, would go around our policies and break the law," Solomon said.

PETALING JAYA: The RM7.4bil Samurai bond issuance, which the Japanese government has offered to guarantee, may involve settling 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) debts.

Maybank Kim Eng said in a report that the proposed bonds, which was announced at Budget 2019 last week, would be used to retire some of the country’s costly loans.

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