24.04.2015 - Dr M: 1MDB is not sovereign wealth but sovereign debt
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pointed out today that Putrajaya will have to bear the losses incurred by 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), noting it was the government that had invested in the troubled state-owned firm to begin with. The former prime minister said 1MDB was “wrong” from the beginning, pointing out that the sovereign wealth fund was not put before Parliament. “If 1MDB loses money, the government will bear the loss,” Dr Mahathir wrote on his blog. “Yet the operation of 1MDB is not overseen by government officers responsible for the management of government funds,” he added........................................Full Article: Source
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