NOT HOLDING ANY GOVT POSTS, YET ANWAR AGAIN TRIES TO GRAB HIS COLLEAGUES’ LIMELIGHT IN U.K.: ‘IT WAS CLEARLY A POLITICAL DECISION TO INVEST (IN BATTERSEA)’ – ANWAR SAYS DEALS STRUCK BY PNB & EPF TO BE ‘REVIEWED & RE-NEGOTIATED’

ANWAR Ibrahim has stunned Britain by saying the new Malaysian government will lift the veil on the Battersea Power Station deal and all of the previous administration’s dubious investments.

The de facto PKR leader said the deals struck by Permodalan Nasional Bhd and the Employers Provident Fund (EPF) had to be revisited and re-negotiated if necessary

“All these deals which are considered dubious, including investments in housing in London, will have to investigated. 

“Yes, that includes Battersea. Because they were made using state funds. We have to be convinced that it was the right investment decisions and that there was no political influence.

“It is clearly a political decision to invest. If there is something wrong then we will want to re-negotiate. We are looking at umpteen deals extending to hundreds of billions of ringgit – that is tens of billions of dollars.

“You have to look at every deal from housing in London to railways built by China… Even I am shocked to the extent he (former prime minister Najib Razak) seems to have gone to earn more to cover up the 1MDB fiasco,” said Anwar in an interview with The Guardian during a visit to London to meet British politicians.

In January, PNB agreed to buy from Malaysian stakeholders a direct stake in the Battersea power station, valuing the building at ‎RM8.5 billion.

The power station covers 17 hectares and the project involves the construction of more than 4,000 new homes. – June 12, 2018.

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