Activist to be charged with obstructing public servant, says PSM

IPOH: An activist who was injured during an eviction process at a vegetable farm in Kanthan will be charged with obstructing public servants from performing their duties. PSM deputy chairman S. Arutchelvan said Chong Yee Shan, who is also a party central committee member, was notified by police that she would be charged at the Ipoh...

Inter-ministerial talk to be held to discuss ceiling price for rice

IPOH: Discussions will be held among ministries on the call to raise the ceiling price for rice, says Datuk Mohamad Sabu. The Agriculture and Food Security Minister said the discussion would take into consideration all parties involved in the rice supply chain, especially farmers. “The current ceiling price was last reviewed in 2008 and there have been...

Chicken and egg price float must be win-win for all, says association

KUALA LUMPUR: Chicken and egg prices should be floated at a reasonable rate to create a win-win situation for consumers, farmers and suppliers, says the Malaysian Federation of Hawkers and Petty Traders Associations. Its president Datuk Seri Rosli Sulaiman said the float should be carried out meticulously and monitored to prevent any parties from taking advantage,...

M Nanthakumar (right) handing in the memorandum to Mentri Besar office officer Nurul Shafyqah Yakimin Yuri Yakimin (left) and witnessed by PSM chairman Dr Michel Jeyakumar (middle) at the State Secretariat Building

Farmers hope for Perak govt intervention after being asked to leave land

IPOH: A group of farmers who were told to evacuate from their farms are hoping the Perak government will help them. According to one farmer, R Dinesh, 33, they received a notice of summons from a company in Kuala Lumpur on June 27. “A few months before we received the notice, a representative from another company came...