Cooking oil, if unsubsidised, would still cost less than the sum a consumer spends on mineral water per day, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Hamzah Zainuddin says.

Hamzah said this while rubbishing an assertion by Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) that the rationalisation of cooking oil subsidies would result in an increased expense of RM50 per person per year.

Speaking in the Dewan Rakyat during Minister's Question Time, he said that the ministry estimated that each individual uses only 1.5kg of cooking oil per month.