Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference at Parliament April 4, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“That is a fact. Secondly, after we have settled some of the debts, our debt has reduced. Now we are near the level where the debt will not affect our administration and efforts to develop the country,” he said during Question Time in reply to Pontian MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan. The Council of Eminent Persons had initially declared national debt and liabilities to surpass RM1 trillion last year.
BNM report shows national debt at RM741 bil as at end 2018. RM686bil was as at end 2017
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