Rice farmers have right to protest and we will discuss it, says Mat Sabu

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Rice farmers have a right to voice their grievances and the government is listening, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.  The Agriculture and Food Security Minister shared this  on Sunday (Jan 26) while speaking about the planned protest by 1,000 padi farmers at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday to hand over a memorandum regarding the padi price and proposed Crop Seed Quality Bill.  He added that the government will be making a few announcements on rice in Parliament after the engagements between the various departments in the ministry and Beras Nasional.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4vkka7hp  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tomorrow, it is said that 1,000 farmers will go to the PMO about the price of paddy and what...

00:11It is their right to send memorandums and so on.

00:15And we will follow up intensively with all parties

00:21until the next parliamentary session.

00:25We will make several announcements there.

00:30What are the announcements?

00:32The announcements are being made by the head of paddy and the head of agriculture.

00:38They are having a discussion, including the irrigation and so on,

00:43to make some improvements or improvements.

00:50Anything will be announced.

00:52I can't announce it in advance.

00:54I think it's not ready yet.

00:56When will it be?

00:58In the next parliamentary session.

01:01In the next session.

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