The government forked out a total of RM1.7 billion to service 1MDB loan interests last year, including over RM400 million from the country's development allocation.

This was according to the Auditor-General's Report on the Federal Government's financial statement for the year 2021.

"Last year, (the government) paid out RM1.7 billion to service the company's loan interests using RM0.459 billion from the...