RM2.7mil spent on social media work


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: More than RM2.7mil, believed to be part of the RM42mil belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, was spent on social media exercises involving the Chinese community, the upkeep of a now defunct news portal and political welfare programmes.

The High Court was told that the administration of Datuk Seri Najib Razak paid RM300,000 to a private consulting firm for two months’ worth of Chinese media monitoring services.

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