The federal government should open up the import of sugar and abolish the price-fixing policy in the interest of 30 million consumers instead of looking after the four companies that import sugar, Sarawak DAP said today.

“If the government is sincere about caring for the people, it should open up the import of sugar, abolish the price-fixing policy and allow any trader to freely import sugar from overseas,” state DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said at a news conference.