PM defends subsidy changes, rejects ‘Robin Hood’ label


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has dismissed comparisons to “Robin Hood” in his plans to implement subsidy rationalisation involving the T15 high income group, stating that he is simply acting fairly in assisting the lower income groups.

“If we want to support the impoverished, we must have sufficient resources. We inherited a debt of RM1.5 trillion, and we do not wish to tax the public. We are only taxing the ultra-wealthy a little (more).

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