Sunday, 31 Jan 2021 10:01 PM MYT Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. JAN 31 — Figures from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) last week showed that the inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) into Malaysia dropped by 68 per cent from US$7.8 billion (RM31.5 billion) in 2019 to US$2.5 billion in 2020. Malaysia was the worst performer in the region and commentators identified the main causes as political instability following the change of government in March, the first movement control order (MCO 1.0) just afterwards and continuing corruption issues discouraging foreign investors. However, we should be cautious about jumping to such quick and easy explanations.