Special audit reveals Perak's MAPS theme park cost RM607mil to build, not RM390mil


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 23 Mar 2019

IPOH: A special audit has discovered that the Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) here received RM217mil in additional funding for its construction and development.

State-owned Perak Corporation Berhad's (PCB) audit committee chairman Chong Zhemin said the original cost stated for the construction and development of the theme park was RM390mil, but the actual cost stood at RM607mil.

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