A PKR lawmaker has asked if the government is deliberately keeping the people poor in order to secure their votes every five years.

“Is there an invisible hand preventing the poor from getting help, unless it is help authorised by Umno-BN?

“Add to that the high cost of internet access, it appears to be the best way for the ruling party to stop the poor from getting information from the alternative media,” said Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh in a statement today...