Population growth affects income per capita, not subsidies slash: Shahril

Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan said Subang MP Wong Chen is purposely twisting how the reduced subsidies will affect the rakyat’s income per capita next year.

The government data projecting a reduction in income per capita for next year is due to population growth and has nothing to do with the reduction in expenditure for subsidies, Shahril said.

“Income per capita is simply...