1MDB, which failed to meet its July 31 deadline to pay the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) US$602.5 million, has not asked the government for help.

This is according to Second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghani who was asked if the government will help to pay IPIC.

"No. You don't assist people when people don't come to you. This has not come to the prime minister (Najib Abdul Razak) and myself," he said...