Minister: 12th Malaysia Plan book prepared with 'small costs', not RM2b

The Prime Minister's Department today refuted a claim by opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim that Putrajaya spent some RM2 billion on foreign consultants to prepare its 12th Malaysia Plan.

Mustapa Mohamed, who is the minister in charge of the economy, said the plan, published in the form of a book, was prepared by a team of his officers in the Economic Planning Unit (EPU).

He said it involved...