KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA is set to backtrack on its decision to allow upstart budget airline AirAsia to build its own airport, raising serious questions over government policymaking.

AirAsia's controlling shareholder Tony Fernandes will make his final presentation on Friday to a panel headed by Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak on why the government should stick to a decision to allow the carrier to proceed with a plan to build a new airport.

Datuk Seri Najib is also the Finance Minister. AirAsia's airport was to be built in Labu, Negeri Sembilan, on land owned by its project partner, conglomerate Sime Darby.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.