Cabotage exemption: Four tech giants appeal to new PM

Four giant global tech firms have appealed to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to reinstate the cabotage exemption policy for submarine cable repair works.

In a letter dated Sept 1, the four firms - Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook - and Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) told the prime minister that all it would take are simple changes to Malaysia's infrastructure policies to reap considerable economic benefits...