Ameer Ali Mydin thanked Special Affairs Department (Jasa) strategic communications director Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz for analysing losses suffered by his hypermarket chain Mydin, after the entrepreneur highlighted the shrinking purchasing power of consumers.

However, Ameer said, it is the people who would know best when it comes to their purchasing power.

"I thank Tun Faisal for his superb analysis of Mydin's losses.

"I suggest you speak to the rakyat and get their perspective, for they will know better," he told Malaysiakini when contacted...