Dr M: Govt may recalibrate poverty measurement if UN rep is right

PETALING JAYA: The government may reconsider recalibrating methods used to measure the country's poverty rates after a United Nation's representative said it may be higher than the official numbers.

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government would study the findings of UN human rights expert Philip Alston, who dismissed Malaysia’s claim to having the world’s lowest national poverty rate.