#KiniNews: Will PN subsidise the rich and foreigners? Anwar asks Hamzah; Academic responds to Akmal

[KiniNews] The implementation of the targeted diesel subsidy is aimed at the rich as well as foreigners who have long benefited from low fuel prices and not to burden the public, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

He said diesel is not used by the majority of people and those affected, such as taxi drivers, small traders, and fisherfolk, all are given exemptions and assistance to cover the cost increase.

“So, why is he (opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin) busy opposing it? Who is he trying to defend? We have been stressing that the targeted subsidy is to prevent the rich and foreigners from enjoying it," said Anwar.

Meanwhile, in a separate story, academic Tajuddin Rasdi has schooled Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh on the usage of the term “apartheid” after the latter took exception to a Malaysiakini columnist’s description of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).

Citing the Cambridge Dictionary, the UCSI University lecturer pointed out that while the word “apartheid” originated from the Afrikaans word for South Africa’s system of institutionalised racism, the word is also used in the English language to refer to discriminatory policies more generally.

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