KUALA LUMPUR: Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng says that the 2018 FIFA World Cup telecast project worth RM29.9mil did not involve government funds, but was implemented using advertising revenue and sponsorships.
Therefore, he said, the project should be dropped from the list of 101 direct negotiation projects approved under the Pakatan Harapan administration as announced by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz on Monday.
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