Sanitary pads cost more now, says DAP lawmaker

Despite assurances by the government, prices for sanitary pads have gone up, says Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, April 2, 2015.

Despite Putrajaya's reassurances that women will not face the brunt of the goods and services tax (GST) which was implemented yesterday, the cost of sanitary pads has now increased, a DAP lawmaker said.

Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching said that the increase in the prices of sanitary pads only showed that Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah has cheated the women of Malaysia.

"A check at Tesco will bring Malaysian women, who have believed Ahmad Husni and the Ministry of Domestic Trade, great disappointment," she said in a press conference at the Parliament lobby today.

- TMI