New Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng wants 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy to ensure that the company can fork out RM143.75 million for an upcoming interest payment due on May 30.

Lim said this was based on Arul's insistence under the previous BN administration that 1MDB was capable of paying its own debts, though it has now been revealed the company received almost RM7 billion in bailouts...