Nurul Izzah is being trivial, says Ahmad Maslan

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan has dismissed Nurul Izzah Anwar's that he took notice oif people's plight only after the prime minister's wife had complained, as trivial. – The Malaysian Insider pic, February 25, 2015.Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan today dismissed Nurul Izzah Anwar's claim, that he took notice of the people's plight only after complaints were made by prime minister's wife as trivial, saying that he had done many talks on Goods and Services Tax. 

"I have spoken on prices of goods, oil prices, for a long time," he told reporters after a GST briefing in Lembah Pantai today.

"If you don't believe me, go to my Twitter handle @ahmadmaslan, it can't be deleted. I have talked about it since the beginning, about lowering of fuel prices, the need for traders to lower the prices of goods, etc."

"These are clear evidence, and (it) can be brought to court, world and the hereafter,"

"I have done GST talks since 2013. Bakti was only one of them," he said, referring to the GST briefing to members of the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) in Petaling Jaya on Monday.

"Trivial," he added, responding to the PKR vice president's remark today on why it took Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's complaint about higher charges she incurred to style her hair for the minister to notice the need to monitor prices.

"What about the fate of the lower- and middle-income group that continue to be burdened with the high cost of living?" she asked.

Rosmah had reportedly said on Monday that guidelines were needed to monitor prices of home services, especially after the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) on April 1.

She said this was necessary because hairdressers, tailors and make-up artists, who made house calls, had raised their prices.

- TMI