Former deputy rural development minister Sivarasa Rasiah says a recent UN report on poverty in Malaysia, which said the country is grossly under-counting poverty, is accurate. – The Malaysian Insight pic, July 10, 2020.
FORMER Pakatan Harapan leaders, including a deputy minister in charge of rural development, have endorsed a United Nations report on poverty that was recently dismissed by the Perikatan Nasional government. The lawmakers said the findings dovetail with their experiences in tackling poverty and hardship in Malaysia while they were part of the 22-month government, whose reign abruptly ended in late February.
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