Prioritise 'opium' reduction move, says DAP

The DAP has questioned the federal government's decision to cut "small subsidies" on which ordinary consumers rely, while allowing corporations to enjoy "big subsidies".

"The government should remove 'big opium' such as the huge subsidies enjoyed by independent power plants and other corporations," said secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

"It is (now) hitting poor people by cutting subsidies for 'small opium' like sugar and petrol, while letting off the big and the rich."

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