KUALA LUMPUR -- If Malaysia's lawmakers want to see a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, they would do well to pass the nation's largest-ever budget, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz argued in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia.
"If they feel that [it] is right, then vote for it ... because for me this budget is for the people, economy and businesses," Tengku Zafrul said in the run-up to the vote in the lower house, which will also determine the disputed legitimacy of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's government.
