‘1MDB was RM30bil in debt’


KUALA LUMPUR: As it was fully owned by the Finance Ministry, massive debt amassed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) had to be borne by the government, says a key witness in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s trial.

Former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, 49, told the High Court the debt amounted to RM30bil.

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