Factor in current operating cost, govt urged

Hot commodity: Customers buying spring chicken, which is being sold at RM12 per chicken, at a wet market in Putrajaya. — Bernama

Reports by ALIZA SHAH, MOHD FARHAN SHAH, RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM, GERARD GIMINO and IYLIA MARSYA ISKANDAR

PETALING JAYA: The government should consider current operating costs and let chickens be sold at market price to avoid more sellers having to close down their business, chicken suppliers have pleaded.