Umno leader decries 'murder' of Johor economy as KL-Singapore rail shelved

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Johor Umno Youth chief Mohd Hairi Mad Shah said the government's decision to terminate the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) was tantamount to "killing" Johor's economy.Hairi said the HSR project would have spurred development in three districts in Johor and demanded Putrajaya to provide detailed reasons over the about-turn."A few months before the tabling of Budget 2021, the prime minister in a speech to the local community in Pagoh had even proudly announced that the project would proceed so why the U-turn?" he said.Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, in a joint-state on Jan 1, announced the termination of the project.This was after Malaysia requested several changes to the project which Singapore rejected.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mustapa Mohamed said the changes were nec…