PETALING JAYA: The Home and Defence Ministries have been allocated RM18.5bil and RM17.7bil respectively to beef up national security.
When tabling Budget 2023 in Parliament on Friday (Feb 24), Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a RM4.1bil allocation would be given to maintain and acquire assets for the Armed Forces to increase defence preparedness.
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