KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) former chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy had his RM5mil salary package approved by former premier Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, says Lim Guan Eng.

The Finance Minister said half of the payment had been settled for the period of January to June this year.

“That contract was approved by none other than the then prime minister.

“The remaining RM2.5mil should have been paid after June 30, but luckily, a change in government happened.

“We will not pay the remaining amount,” he said in his winding up speech on the motion to debate the Royal Address in Parliament on Tuesday.

The salary package was signed by former Treasury-secretary general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah and was approved by Najib.