Najib: Subsidy cut necessary


PEKAN: It may be difficult for the public to accept the reduction in petrol subsidy, but the move is a means to an end, which is the economic well-being of the country in the long term, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“Petrol prices did not actually increase. It is just that the subsidies have been reduced.

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