BACK in 2017, a renowned economist shocked the nation when he revealed the government has shares in at least 68,000 companies.
Just last December, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim disclosed that the total assets under management of the government-linked investment companies (GLICs) are worth RM1.84 trillion, up from RM1.7 trillion as of end-2020.
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