Sarawak urges Putrajaya for formula to compute special grant payments


Desmond Davidson

If the country is doing well, then revenue must be shared, and if it is not, the whole country should share the burden together, says Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Openg. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 5, 2022.

SARAWAK has rejected the federal government’s proposal for a fixed amount yearly on its obligation to pay Sarawak the special grant.

Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Openg told reporters at his Gedong constituency Hari Raya get together in Kuching today that he will not budge on his insistence that a formula be worked out to determine payment amounts.


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