COMMENT | Nurhisham Hussein, an economic adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office, said: “When I read the RCI report, I had a bit of a sense of déjà vu.”

Apparently, Felda Global Ventures (FGV) had given him déjà vu. He said the problems uncovered by the Tabung Haji royal commission of inquiry were almost the same: assets bought at inflated prices, insufficient security, and inadequate due diligence.

That alone should worry us, because if we’ve seen this before, why didn’t anyone stop it? And who was supposed to?

FGV, 1MDB and its power asset acquisitions, Mara’s Melbourne property, Felda’s London hotel purchases, the littoral combat ships involving Boustead, and the Defence Ministry’s military land swaps.

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