Rice farmers have right to protest and we will discuss it, says Mat Sabu


KLANG: Rice farmers have a right to voice their grievances and the government is listening, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.

The Agriculture and Food Security Minister said this while speaking about the planned protest by 1,000 padi farmers at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday (Jan 27) to hand over a memorandum regarding the padi price and proposed Crop Seed Quality Bill.

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