1MDB's USD 620 Million held in Singapore seems to have been forgotten : Questions for both Muhyiddin and Lim Guan Eng; USD 620 Million can pay for very many Pfizer vaccines
by Ganesh Sahathevan Reuters and other reported: Malaysia's government on Wednesday enacted a new emergency law allowing it to use funds derived from oil and gas contributions to pay for vaccine procurement, as it looks to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination programme. The ordinance will allow the government access to use the 17.4 billion ringgit ($4.23 billion) parked under the national trust fund to secure vaccines "for an epidemic of any infection disease", according to the law published in the federal gazette. Meanwhile, despite the desperation Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin seems to be in no hurry to recover some USD 620 Million (plus interest) of 1MDB money that appears to be still held by Singapore's MAS. That money seems to have been ignored by former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (see story below) and now PM Muhyiddin. TO BE READ WITh Sunday, March 24, 2019 A Singapore academic asks Singapore Govt the question Guan Eng seems too afraid to ask: What's ha...