Source: Govt chose to axe rail project a month after rise to power


Replica of trains for the East Coast Rail Link project are shown to the public at the Expo Terengganu 2018. -Bernama filepic

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet decided to terminate the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project a month after Pakatan Harapan came into power and not during its Thursday’s meeting as reported by certain media.

Highly-placed government sources said during the meeting, the Finance Ministry had merely briefed the ministers on the issue.

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