Eighty percent of Sarawak’s 2.6 million population are expected to be hit hard by the petrol and diesel pump price increase of 20 sen per litre effectively.
Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said that the hike will have a knock on effect on the mostly rural dwellers, who are mostly subsistence farmers and fishermen.
He said that the hike would significantly impact the transportation costs of goods used daily by the group which the government has identified as the nation’s poorest.
"This is the price we pay for the continuous incessant wastages, corruption and cronyism practised by the BN government," Chong said in a press conference.
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