Wee hits back at Loke over RM120bil HSR cost, cites media reports

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Wee Ka Siong, a former transport minister, says he did not conjure up the figure from his imagination.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/07/wee-hits-back-at-loke-over-rm120bil-hrs-cost-cites-media-reports/   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/09/07/kos-hsr-rm120-bilion-wee-petik-laporan-media-bidas-loke/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #WeeKaSiong #LokeSiewFook #HSRProject #120Bil

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00:00MCA President Wee Kha Siong has hit back at Transport Minister Loke Siu Fook for questioning

00:09his claim that the cost of the proposed high-speed rail project is expected to rise from RM70

00:16billion to RM120 billion.

00:19Yesterday, Loke said he did not know where the RM120 billion figure quoted by Wee came

00:27from.

00:28Wee, a former Transport Minister, said he did not conjure up the figure from his imagination

00:33and cited a Straits Times report dated February 19th which predicted that the cost of the

00:38project would increase to at least RM100 billion.

00:43He cited another report by the New Straits Times on February 22nd which quoted transport

00:48expert Rosli Khan as saying that the project's cost was expected to rise to RM120 billion.

00:56Wee questioned why Loke had not corrected these reports, which have been public for

01:00over six months, and asked why Loke reacts so strongly whenever he raises the issue.

01:06Loke previously stated that while Wee was entitled to his opinion, the future of the

01:11HSR project would be decided by the Cabinet.

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