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- Malaysia’s government is rolling out $ 1.6 billion of cash giveaways this week.
- The 1Malaysia People’s Aid is supposed to be an aid package to help 7 million residents around the country, but the opposition claimed the purpose was to buy votes.
- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak rejected those claims, saying the original idea came from Malaysia’s central bank.
Malaysia’s government is rolling out RM6.3 billion ($ 1.6 billion) in payments to millions of residents this week.
Seven million people have been pre-selected to receive three rounds of RM1,200 ($ 307) payments this year, starting on February 26, as part of the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M).See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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