BY 1981, government-linked fund management company Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) had accumulated substantial funds and was looking for opportunities to build its portfolio. Grabbing the chance to help return national assets back into Malaysian hands, it chose one of the biggest British-controlled plantation groups in the country, Guthrie Corporation Ltd.
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