PM: With RM50bil in liabilities, 1MDB scandal remains country's biggest debt burden


KUALA LUMPUR: The 1MDB scandal remains Malaysia’s largest debt burden, with nearly RM50bil in liabilities still weighing on federal finances, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat.

He said the government had already paid RM42bil to service 1MDB’s principal and interest obligations, while recoveries from various enforcement efforts had so far returned RM29bil to public coffers.

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