King gives credit to Najib for kickstarting Pan Borneo Highway


Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah receiving a huge welcome from the crowd upon arriving for the state banquet in Kuching. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has given credit to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for the construction of the Pan Borneo Highway across Sarawak and Sabah.

The King said he was informed that the highway would be fully completed from 2026 to 2030 and pledged to return.

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