PM urged to back Sarawak demand for 20pct royalty

comments     Dukau Papau     Published     Updated

Sarawakians are watching Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak closely on whether he will be sincere in acceding to the Sarawak state assembly motion unanimously passed in May this year for the state’s oil and gas royalty to be increased from the current five percent to 20 percent.

“If he is sincere, then Najib should allow my motion to take precedence over the government business on Thursday, so that the Dewan Rakyat will have a chance to discuss and vote for my motion,” the MP for Bandar Kuching Chong Chieng Jen said.

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