Malaysia's new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) 1 project was double the price of similar projects in Spain and South Korea, alleged PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli.

Rafizi said that the Bercelona Sants-La Sagrera MRT project, completed in 2011, cost US$39 million per km while the Seoul Line 9 MRT project, completed in 2009, cost US$43 million per km.