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The bottom 40% and the second economic stimulus package

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Prime Minister Muhiyiddin Yasin has unveiled the second economic stimulus package to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, which amounts to RM250bn. To help us unpack how this would trickle down into the pockets of the bottom 40% of the community, BFM speaks to Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj.

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Jeyakumar Devaraj
Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj, a long-time Aliran member and contributor, served as Member of Parliament for Sungai Siput from 2008 to 2018. A respiratory physician who was awarded a gold medal for community service, he is also a secretariat member of the Coalition Against Health Care Privatisation and chairperson of the Socialist Party of Malaysia.
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