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They need to eat too: no ban on foreigners buying local white rice, says Mat Sabu | Scoop
Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu (standing) in the Dewan Rakyat today. The agriculture minister has said there are no plans to ban foreigners from buying local white rice. – Information Department pic, September 18, 2023
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They need to eat too: no ban on foreigners buying local white rice, says Mat Sabu

Agriculture minister responds to calls for ban amid rice supply crisis

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Adam Ayzzat
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3:53 PM MYT

 

KUALA LUMPUR – The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry will not impose bans on foreigners buying local rice in the country.

Speaking at the Dewan Rakyat, its minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu (Kota Raja-PH) dismissed the suggestion, as it is unfair to deny foreigners the right to purchase rice.

“A decision has not been made, because foreigners also have to eat,” he said during his winding-up speech on the 12th Malaysia Plan’s mid-term review today.

“Let us not forget that they have worked to help develop our country. So, for now, there are no plans to stop them (from buying local rice).”

He was responding to Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (Machang-PN), who asked if the ministry had decided on a suggestion by a Melaka executive councillor to ban the sale of local rice to foreigners.

Previously, several videos surfaced on social media, allegedly depicting foreigners hoarding rice and packet cooking oil.

At the same time, Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh suggested prohibiting foreigners from purchasing local rice as it was a matter of prioritising locals, and not discrimination.

While Akmal agreed the suggestion is not efficacious in the long term, he said it could at least reduce the public burden during the initial phase of the crisis. – September 18, 2023

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