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Published in TZ Latest News 7 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Exclusive: Malaysia’s 1MDB to be dismantled under debt plan – sources

Malaysia’s indebted and controversy-ridden state investor 1MDB will be left as a skeletal structure and possibly dissolved under a debt repayment plan in which most of its assets will be sold, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The power and property fund, a pet project of Prime Minister Najib Razak with assets worth $14 billion, was hit by losses last year and nearly defaulted on a loan payment. The near-miss drove down the ringgit currency (MYR=) and Malaysian government bonds and prompted calls from opposition leaders to make the fund’s accounts more transparent.

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