KUALA LUMPUR: Subsidies for Super Tempatan 15% broken (ST15) rice have been abolished, following too much leakage in the programme.
The Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry's (MOA) Paddy and Rice Industry Division secretary, Samsuddin Ismail, in a statement Friday said research found that the rice meant for low-income Malaysians were also bought by non-Malaysians, among other problems.
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