Consider This: Defence Spending (Part 1) - Lower Allocation in Budget 2023?

Last month Defence Minister Mohamad Hasan said he was anticipating the new Budget 2023’s allocation for the Defence Ministry could be lower than the one proposed by the previous government, given the Federal Government’s declining revenue. How much should we prioritise defence spending? What will a lower defence budget mean for Malaysia? On this episode of Consider This, Melisa Idris speaks to Lam Choong Wah, analyst at the Huayan Policy Institute and Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies.