Father-of-five struggling to cope as rubber price drops


Compiled by HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, YIMIE YONG and R. ARAVINTHAN 

A rubber tapper in Pendang, Kedah, had no choice but to pinch pennies for three of his school-going children due to the drop of commodity prices, reports Utusan Malaysia.

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