Malaysians have taken to social media to question the prime minister’s shifting positions on the planned cuts
Anwar has faced growing public pushback on concerns over rising living costs as his cash-strapped administration pursues plans to drop blanket subsidies on petrol and impose fresh taxes on imported goods like apples and cod.
But on Thursday, the prime minister said that the government would no longer raise the price of the subsidised RON95 grade petrol after all – even if there was a sharp increase in global crude oil prices caused by the air war between Israel and Iran.
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