Govt can't afford to have too many agencies, says Dr M


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 08 Dec 2018

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PETALING JAYA: The Government cannot afford to have too many agencies with funding from unknown sources, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

"Although these are government agencies, they were used and abused by a [political] party. We have to shut them down, " he told reporters after the Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting.

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