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Pulling the plug on the Fusionex era

DFTZ gets a new partner but the cleanup is far from over.

May 29, 2026
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One of Malaysia’s biggest tech scandals just won’t die, but we finally have a resolution to its most critical vulnerability: the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ).

If you’ve been following my previous newsletters on the Fusionex collapse, you’ll remember the massive cliffhanger1.

First, a quick rewind, before I get to the updates:

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