Guan Eng: Agency sponsored IGP’s Turkey trip, not Finance Ministry


In a statement, Lim(pic) highlighted that the major international credit rating agencies

PUTRAJAYA: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic) says he was not aware that an agency under the ministry sponsored a trip to Turkey for the Inspector-General of Police and other top brass at Bukit Aman.

“The sponsorship was approved by the Malaysia Totalisator Board and not by the Finance Ministry,” he said on Wednesday (Feb 13).

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