Felda's decline caused by political interference, says Anwar
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TAMPIN: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has attributed Felda's financial troubles to excessive political interference in its management.
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He said the agency's decline was not caused by settlers but by those entrusted to lead it.
He said Felda, once regarded as the world's largest plantation organisation with annual profits running into billions of ringgit, had accumulated nearly RM10 billion in debt due to poor governance over the past several years.
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- Jul 27, 2026
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