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KUALA LUMPUR: Come to Tongod and Kinabatangan to get a better idea of poverty in Sabah, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) has told Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.
He also questioned how poverty was defined in the peninsula and Sabah after Rafizi told the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (July 17) that 6,937 Sabah households were categorised as hardcore poor.
“Both these areas (Tongod and Kinabatangan) are close to the size of Pahang," Bung Moktar responded.
"I think there may have been an error in how poverty is defined and I'm willing to bring you on a tour of these areas to give you a picture of how poor they are.
“There are no roads, electricity or water.
“To say Sabah only has 6,000 households categorised as hardcore poor is an insult,” he said during Question Time.
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