PMO: Ismail Sabri’s remarks not targeted at any particular race


Prime Minister office in Putrajaya.

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet was informed on Wednesday that a posting made on social media by Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob was intended to advise traders who refused to reduce the prices of their goods in line with falling oil prices.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) clarified that the minister’s remarks were not targeted at a single race, but directed at all traders.

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