Dr M: More govt assets could be sold to manage national debt


KUALA LUMPUR: The government is not ruling out the possibility of selling more assets – including land – to keep national debt at a manageable level, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Prime Minister said aside from the sale of the superyacht Equanimity to Genting Malaysia Bhd for US$126mil (RM514.14mil), any future sale of government assets would be to Malaysians.

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