Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak paid RM50,000 (US$15,000) to a Washington-based political consultant in April this year in an attempt to get an opinion-editorial article written by him published in one of the major newspapers in the United States.
The prime minister will have to fork out an additional RM50,000 as a 'success fee' to the consultant, Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA), should the article eventually appear in print. QGA is a top public relations and lobbying firm in Washington DC. This information is revealed in documents filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act by QGA. According to the documents obtained by Malaysiakini, QGA was assigned by another consultancy firm, The Laurus Group, to try and convince a major US newspaper to carry Najib's article.
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