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UMNO’s and Najib’s 40-Year Raid on the Defense Ministry
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UMNO’s and Najib’s 40-Year Raid on the Defense Ministry

The littoral combat ships are only the latest chapter

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John Berthelsen
Aug 22, 2022
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The RM9.20 billion (US$2.055 billion) scandal now gripping Malaysian taxpayers over littoral combat ships that have never been delivered 11 years after the original contract was signed is nothing new for a government led by the United Malays National Organization.

The party, the country’s biggest, which has led Malaysia for almost …

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