Diesel price hike burdens people, says Muhyiddin


PETALING JAYA: The implementation of diesel subsidy rationalisation without comprehensive measures to tackle the rising cost of living is a bad decision by the government, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Saying it was "just the beginning," the Perikatan Nasional chairman stated that people would be further burdened when the government removed RON95 petrol subsidies soon.

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