Hamzah: No increase in prices of basic necessities


KUALA LUMPUR: Despite the Prophet Muhammad saying that prices of goods should be determined by the free market, the Government vows not to burden the people with an increase in the price of basic necessities.

Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the issue of price increases have occurred since the days of Prophet.

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