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Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu during the minister’s reply session on the BPT issue at the Dewan Rakyat - BERNAMA PIX

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Zainal Adnan was referring to the recent revelation by Umno Youth Chief Dr Muhammad Akmal Salleh, who exposed the modus operandi of the cartel using broken rice as local rice because it can be sold at uncontrolled prices.. - FILEPIX

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Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march in front of the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on October 04, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Pope Francis attends an ecumenical prayer with Protestants and Orthodox at St. Peter's square in The Vatican on Sept 30. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Deputy Prime Minister and MPC Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the matter was raised by industry players during a dialogue held by the ministry. - BERNAMA

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the move could increase the local rice supply by about five per cent, which was the amount used by the government premises. - BERNAMA

Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu in a special press conference today said the interventions include improving the local white rice (BPT) distribution to rural areas and a subsidy of RM950 per metric tonne for imported white rice (BPI) for Sabah and Sarawak. - BERNAMA

When it is voluminous with big money involvement, the big boys will dance to the big towkays too. But not the little millers who are mostly honest small entrepreneurs who are facing daily pressure of trying to make enough to repay bank loans and interests, the operational cost and the worker’s salaries, said former MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker - 123RF Photo