Five years ago, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak stated in the Tenth Malaysia Plan that the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (now known as Tun Razak Exchange) and Bandar Malaysia are strategic developments that will drive the nation's transformation agenda.

Fast forward to today, Najib's debt-ridden controversial brainchild, the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), is conspicuously absent from the Eleventh Malaysia Plan.