“And yet, you said the bank didn't,” said RCI chairman Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to Daim. Kanosan has stated that he had, sometime in the early 1990s, came upon BNM’s aggressive forex trading stance through media reports and ‘market talk’. Daim maintained that he didn't act on it because he wasn't aware, wasn't notified and didn't hear any 'market talk’. Daim then replied; “I traveled all over to discuss all kinds of things when I was finance minister. Daim replied that Jaffar’s appointment as governor was upon the recommendation of his predecessor, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Taha.

Source: New Strait Times September 18, 2017 07:18 UTC