1MDB Liabilities Settlement And BUDI95 Quotas Lead Wednesday’s Dewan Rakyat Business

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 – Efforts to settle the remaining net financial burden of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and the policy rationale behind recent revisions to the Budi MADANI RON95 (BUDI95) subsidised petrol quota are set to take center stage in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

According to the official Parliamentary Order Paper, lawmakers will direct key inquiries to the Finance, Works, and Education ministries during the oral question-and-answer session.

Following the question period, the august House will proceed with the ministerial winding-up phase for the policy-stage debate on the Supply Bill 2027 (Budget 2027).

Key Parliamentary Inquiries and Ministerial Agenda Breakdown

Key policy questions scheduled for ministerial response during Wednesday’s sitting include:

• 1MDB Net Liabilities & Asset Recovery: Lee Chuan How (PH-Ipoh Timor) will ask the Finance Minister for an update on settling 1MDB’s remaining RM20.1 billion net liabilities, including expected recovery amounts from pending civil claims and the target timeline for full settlement.
• BUDI95 Petrol Quota Adjustments: Muhammad Fawwaz Mohamad Jan (PN-Permatang Pauh) will seek clarification from the Finance Minister regarding the rationale for temporarily reducing the monthly BUDI95 subsidised RON95 quota from 300 litres to 200 litres before its reinstatement to 300 litres on September 1, 2026.
• Data Centre Resource Safeguards: Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (PN-Machang) will query the government on contingency plans to prevent expanding data centre operations from straining public electricity and water supplies during severe droughts or supply disruptions.
• Bentong Infrastructure & ECRL Traffic Integration: Young Syefura Othman (PH-Bentong) will ask the Works Minister about strategic plans to upgrade federal and state road networks across Bentong to accommodate projected traffic surges following the completion of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL).
• Mitigating Hardcore Poor Learning Loss: Mohd Kurniawan Naim Moktar (BN-Kinabatangan) will ask about the government’s action plan to address persistent, long-term learning loss among students hailing from multidimensionally hardcore poor households.

–NMT