Najib: Cancelling ECRL project can harm Malaysia-China ties


Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak waving to his supporters at Kuala Berang Community Hall on Friday. -Bernamapic

HULU TERENGGANU: Cancelling the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project can harm Malaysia-China relations, says Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The Barisan Nasional chairman said such a move might anger China, whose state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) had been appointed for the construction of the project.

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