Najib brushes off Guan Eng's allegations of a RM9.4bil scandal


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 05 Jun 2018

A file picture of Najib at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Office in Putrajaya, May 24, 2018. - AP

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) has downplayed allegations of a RM9.4bil gas pipeline projects scandal raised by Lim Guan Eng, stressing that all laws and relevant procedures were complied with during negotiations and the execution stage.

The former prime minister was responding to the Finance Minister, who revealed that the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) projects totalling RM9.4bil, was "kept hidden" under the red files from most officials in the Treasury.

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