Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob held a live press conference today to reiterate that palm oil in 1kg polybags are still subsidised and priced at RM2.50 per pack.

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi had previously stated this while announcing that subsidies for bottled palm oil would be discontinued as of July 1.

In his presser this evening, Ismail Sabri said there was a lot of confusion and allegations that the government had withdrawn all subsidies for cooking oil.