KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said legal action taken in relation to the weaknesses in the implementation of certain projects should not lead to negative perceptions of ministries involved or the security forces. He said this was shared by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar on Thursday. On Thursday, Shamsul Azri said that 14 ministry secretaries-general would be summoned to explain why their ministries failed to meet physical project development targets last year. Without naming the ministries involved, he said expenditure on development projects by the ministries concerned stood at 87.91%, which is below the national average and warrants serious attention. According to Shamsul Azri, people-centric projects such as the construction and upgrading of roads, schools, clinics and hospitals continued, but implementation had been slow.

Source: The Edge Markets January 16, 2026 13:36 UTC