PMO: North-South Expressway widening project letter is fake; minister pans Umno leader's joke

News ✕ SNAPSHOT | PMO: North-South Expressway widening project letter is fake; minister pans Umno leader's joke Malaysiakini Team Published: Sep 17, 2026 6:00 PM KINI SNAPSHOT | What’s going on in the news today, with updates at 9am, 2pm, 6pm, and 9pm.

- The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has denied issuing a...

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- The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has denied issuing a purported letter claiming that the cabinet had approved a private finance initiative project to widen the North-South Expressway.

The PMO said the July 17 letter was fake and stressed that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had neither issued nor signed it, Bernama reported.