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The proposal by Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin to reactivate the now-defunct Special Affairs Department (Jasa) has received the nod of Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan.

He said the move would help to “atone for the sins” of the previous Pakatan Harapan government, which, among others, allegedly used the accumulated RM1 trillion national debt as an excuse to dissolve several government agencies and departments.