‘Intensive treatment’ needed to tackle widening income gap, says Perak Sultan


KUALA LUMPUR: More Malaysians will be exposed to a culture of petty corruption if the questions of widening income gaps and uneven distribution of wealth are not addressed, said Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah.

Citing data from the New Economic Model report, which showed that 80% of Malaysian households earned less than RM5,000 a month, while 78.6% of Employees Provident Fund subscribers earned less than RM3,000 a month, the Ruler said that many people were forced to take on second jobs to cope with the current situation.

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