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Takeover of largest newspaper
Published on: Monday, July 15, 2024
Published on: Mon, Jul 15, 2024
By: Sherell Jeffrey, James Sarda
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Takeover of largest newspaper
When Razaleigh (left) relinquished control of Fleet Holdings in 1983 to Daim Zainuddin (Tun) (right), the company’s total assets were worth more than RM500 million with liabilities of only RM56 million.
AS for taking over Straits Times, Razak instructed Razaleigh to set up a company using his own money, to buy 80 per cent of New Straits Times shares that Chin Tuan agreed to sell.

He went to Singapore many times to negotiate with Chin Tuan, owner of OCBC, who was accompanied by several of his British advisors.

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He was the largest shareholder of Straits Times.

Fleet Holdings Sdn. Bhd was established and a sum of RM32 million was paid to control 80pc interest in NST.
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