Digging Up The RM2.3 billion UEM-Renong Deal

P. Gunasegaram, Independent Business Writer

23-May-23 08:45

Digging Up The RM2.3 billion UEM-Renong Deal

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The MACC is purportedly investigating the UEM purchase of a 33% block stake in Renong Bhd for RM2.3 billion ringgit. Many questions remain unanswered from the aftermath of the transaction that took place 26 years ago in 1997. To help us answer these question, we speak with P. Gunasegaram, Independent Business Writer.

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