BR1M still needed by the poor


Blind couple Philip Asui and wife Diana and their daughter Alicia in Miri. The BR1M helped them to survive

MIRI: Anxiety is brewing among the poorer sections of the communities in Sarawak over the latest announcement by Economic Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali that the Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) will be reviewed.

Azmin said in Putrajaya that the Federal Government needs to relook BR1M that was introduced by the former Najib administration.

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