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Anwar's ally and the passport business

The beneficial owner is invincible but the government isn't asking.

Mar 05, 2026
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Dropping a quick one this evening.

An old Anwar ally’s family just became the largest shareholder in the company that prints your passport.

Has-beens don’t really retire here, they just wait.


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The family of a businessman known to be one of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s oldest allies has emerged as the largest shareholder in a government services contractor that was the subject of a corporate tussle last year.

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