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Finance Ministry did not issue a reckless statement, says Tunku Nashrul

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

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- Tunku Nashrul Abaidah defended the Finance Ministry’s statement on payments to contractors working on rural road projects under the Rural and Regional Development Ministry.

The Finance Ministry did not issue its statement recklessly, Prime Minister’s Senior Press Secretary Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said.

He was referring to the ministry’s statement about the payment process for contractors handling rural road projects under the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development. Tunku Nashrul said he knew Treasury Secretary-General Johan Mahmood Merican as a careful and capable senior civil servant.

I know the Treasury Secretary-General, Tan Sri Johan Mahmood Merican, as a careful and capable senior civil servant.

· Tunku Nashrul AbaidahHe defended the care taken in preparing the Finance Ministry’s statement.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.