PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) is not convinced that the Pakatan Harapan government lacks the financial means to go ahead with the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project. The ECRL costs RM55bil but Pakatan claims that the actual price of the ECRL is now RM81bil, he said. "It's hard for me to believe why many Malaysians can be deceived and believe in PH's propaganda that Malaysia will be like Sri Lanka because of the ECRL project," he said, dismissing the notion. "That is Sri Lanka, this is Malaysia," he added. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had said that the ECRL project, which was suspended last July, could resume on a smaller scale if China agrees to the move.

Source: The Star January 02, 2019 13:18 UTC