PETALING JAYA: The axed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project is a “punishment” for the rakyat on the east coast, who had chosen the opposition as their state governments, said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic).
Ismail, who is also Bera MP, said the cancellation quashed opportunities to close the vast development gap between the west coast and the east coast states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, which are under Barisan Nasional and PAS.
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