PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has dismissed claims from a United Nations representative that the country had undercounted the extent of its poverty as baseless.
Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali (pic) said Malaysia stands by its official poverty figure of 0.4%, as it was derived from internationally-accepted standards based on the second edition (2011) of the Canberra Group Handbook on household income statistics published by the United Nations.
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