source<\/a><\/p>\n KUALA LUMPUR<\/b>: The indigenous groups in Sabah and Sarawak, who are Bumiputeras, and the rural populace in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah are the country's poorest. <\/p>\n
\nThese are findings by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. <\/p>\n
UNDP resident representative Dr Richard Leete said that therefore the Hindu Rights Action Force's (Hindraf) accusation that the Indians are the poorest of the Malaysian society are not true. <\/p>\n
"The most intense poverty in Malaysia is not among the Indians, but the indigenous communities in Sabah and Sarawak, and the rural population in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah. <\/p>\n
"Most of them (hardcore poor) are in the agricultural sector," he told a press conference in conjunction with the International Poverty Conference here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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