Envoy says UK will support 1MDB asset repatriation
Published on: Thursday, June 14, 2018
Kuala Lumpur: The United Kingdom is lending its full support to help the new Malaysian Government manage its finances better.British High Commissioner to Malaysia, Vicki Treadell, said this includes repatriation of assets linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) investigations there."We want to support the new Government manage its finances and if the due process uncovers money that belongs to Malaysia, we will support its repatriation in due course.
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"However there is a process and rules of law that we have to follow," she told reporters at Ilham Tower, without elaborating further.Treadell confirmed this was one of the topics discussed with the Chairman of Council of Eminent Persons, Tun Daim Zainuddin, in an hour meet, Wednesday.Declining to divulge into details, Treadell said the discussion with Daim "went well" and covered broad topics."We discussed all about the new agenda and where Britain can help and support the new government to deliver its reform agenda, so it covered everything," she said.
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