Anwar denies plan for casino in Forest City

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 25 Apr 2024 3:26PM · 0 Comments

Forest City has come to be labelled a 'ghost town' by international media although the Johor government has said that 70% of the properties in the project have been sold. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 25, 2024.

PRIME Minister Anwar Ibrahim today dismissed a report in Bloomberg News that there is a plan to open a casino in Forest City, Johor.

“Not true, not true. Casino licence… That’s a lie,” he told reporters in Putrajaya.

He said this briefly in response to the Bloomberg report today which had quoted sources as saying the prime minister met Berjaya founder Vincent Tan and Genting Group’s Lim Kok Thay last week to discuss the matter.

Bloomberg reported that a casino would revive the US$100 billion property project. – April 25, 2024.

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