Former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has expressed concerns over new initiatives for the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) announced in the mid-term review by his successor Anwar Ibrahim earlier this week.

Ismail Sabri, who tabled the 12MP with RM400 billion in funding two years ago, said he welcomes the government’s plan to raise the allocation ceiling by RM15 billion but questioned where the extra money was coming from.

“It was not explained in detail how...