Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has denied claims that 1MDB’s debt has been fully paid off.

Astro Awani reported him as saying that the debt, together with its accrued interest, had yet to be fully settled.

“I don’t know which book they read that in, but that is not true. Our debt, together with its interest, still has to be paid,” he reportedly said at the Finance Ministry’s monthly assembly in Putrajaya today.

On July 9, Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong told Parliament that the federal government had paid RM42.5 billion towards 1MDB-related debts and commitments as of June 30, but still faced RM8.9 billion in outstanding government-guaranteed sukuk due to mature in 2039.