Idris: Govt forked out RM1.53bil for 1MDB shortfall


Reports by MARTIN CARVALHO, ASHLEY TANG and FATIMAH ZAINAL

DESPITE national recovery efforts, the government is forced to fork out RM1.53bil to pay off debts incurred by 1MDB for 2022, the House was told.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk Idris Ahmad said there was a balance of RM15.76bil under the recovery asset fund which was sufficient to cover a large portion of 1MDB’s principal debts and interest for 2022 which amounted to RM16.18bil.

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