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FDIs Are Welcomed But At What Cost?

Dr. Veerinderjeet Singh, Chairman, Axcelasia

02-Apr-19 08:45

FDIs Are Welcomed But At What Cost?

00:00 - Yeo Bee Yin, the Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) and Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof, Minister of Entrepreneur Development are at odds as to how to deal with the waste from Lynas Plant

4:35 - Former Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Razak has refuted claims that he owes the Inland Revenue Board RM1.5 billion in taxes as political donations are not bound by tax laws. Najib did not declare a taxable income of close to 4 billion ringgit for the period between 2011 to 2017.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Sharidz Abdullah and Julian Ng


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Tags:  Tax,  Lynas,  IRB,  political donation,  Najib Razak, 


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