Finance Ministry-owned 1Malaysia Development Bhd has come in defence of its finances by pointing out that only a paltry RM1 million of its multi-billion ringgit portfolio came from the government.
The firm chaired by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is under fire for its significant debt levels, part of which are government-guaranteed.
In a statement, its director Lodin Wok Kamaruddin said that the only funding it received from the Finance Ministry was at its time of inception in the form of equity worth RM1 million.
The rest, he said, was secured through international fundraising exercises.
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1MDB: Our money's not from taxpayers
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So it's untrue to say 1MDB is wasting taxpayers' money, its director says.