‘Income disparity causes graft’


KUALA LUMPUR: Growing income disparity and uneven distribution of wealth will expose more Malaysians to the culture of petty corruption, said the Sultan of 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 and 78.6% of Employees Provident Fund members earned less than RM3,000 a month, he said many were forced to take second jobs due to the rising cost of living.

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