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Fact-check: Maybank statement on 'PM's unclear policies' is real
A statement by Maybank Investment Bank in an e-mail to its clients this month, seemingly criticising the government's "unclear" policies recently made rounds on social media.
This was when PAS' Bachok MP Syahir Sulaiman shared a screenshot of the e-mail on Twitter, in which he highlighted the criticism.
However, supporters of the ruling coalition claimed the image of that e-mail was doctored, and that the investment bank never made such a statement.
Checks by JomCheck, a Malaysian fact-checking alliance, found the image shared by Syahir is legitimate.
Maybank Investment Bank had indeed sent the e-mail to clients on July 20...
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