Opposition MPs: Why raise budget for overseas travel in a pandemic?

PARLIAMENT | Two opposition lawmakers have questioned why Budget 2021 allocations for overseas travel for the Rural Development Ministry were increased amidst travel restrictions in the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the government’s estimated federal expenditure for next year, RM450,000 in taxpayers’ money has been allocated under the “on duty abroad” category for unspecified “special programmes” by the ministry...