Najib's suit against Pua stays withdrawn but latter entitled to damages

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Damansara Member of Parliament Tony Pua had today managed to set aside the injunction imposed on him by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in a suit filed by the former prime minister against Pua in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and the proposed amendment to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 by PAS.

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Five fallacies about the highway takeover offer

PETALING JAYA (July 8): The proposed acquisition of four toll concessionaires will save billions of ringgit for taxpayers and highway users, while providing shareholders of the toll concessionaires a limited but reasonable return on their investment to ensure the stability of the fragile financial markets The finance minister issued two separate statements on June 22 and 26,  2019 to explain the benefits and rationale of the proposed offer to acquire four highway concessionaires (LDP, SPRINT, Kesas and SMART) by the government.

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FundMyHome not a monopoly, says Pua

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): The FundMyHome property platform will not be a monopoly of the newly-proposed home financing scheme sector, political secretary to Minister of Finance Tony Pua explained today.

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Straits Times stands by report on 1MDB debts

PETALING JAYA (Oct 17): Responding to political secretary to the finance minister Tony Pua, who denied ST reports on interest payments for a 1MDB bond, The Straits Times editor has said it stands by its reporter.

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‘Any sale of government assets will not involve PNB’

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Tony Pua, the political secretary to the finance minister, said any sale of Malaysian government assets will not involve Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) because funds and investments of PNB belong to the company’s unitholders and not the government.

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Pua tells Straits Times to get facts right on 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): MP for Damansara and political secretary to Minister of Finance, Tony Pua, has chided the Singapore Straits Times (ST) for allegedly getting its facts incorrect in its reporting of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

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