Repaying RM48bil 1MDB debt up until last year means people-centric project missed out, says PM

KUALA LUMPUR: The payment of RM48bil in debts incurred by 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) up until last year could have been better used for other purposes to benefit the people, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

"Universities need to be expanded, many new disciplines and courses in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalisation, for instance, need to be introduced. Schools need to be equipped with new facilities," said Anwar.