INTERVIEW | Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has scrapped a project to replace the windows on the top three floors of the Finance Ministry building in Putrajaya with bulletproof glass.

According to Lim, the project approved by the previous BN administration would have cost about RM7 million.

"There are easier ways to kill me than using a sniper," he quipped to Malaysiakini in an interview.

Describing it as a waste of money, Lim said the project exemplified the excesses of the previous BN administration.

"(This sum of) RM7 million for bulletproof glass, this is how they wasted money," he said.

Under the previous administration, the 10th floor contained the offices of the deputy treasury secretaries-general, the 11th floor the officers of finance ministers and deputy ministers, while the 12th floor was reserved for meeting rooms.

At the time, former premier Najib Abdul Razak served as the finance minister with Johari Abdul Ghani as the second finance minister.

They were aided by deputy ministers Othman Aziz and Lee Chee Leong.

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