Works Minsiter Fadillah Yusof has criticised Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for claiming that the government had deferred toll hikes for four highways due to public pressure.

Had the opposition MPs had stayed for the entirety for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s 2017 budget speech, they would have known the source of compensation for highway operators, said Fadillah.

He pointed to Paragraph 115 of Najib’s speech, which reads, "To ease the cost of living, the government will provide nearly RM10 billion for subsidy allocation. This allocation comprises of fuel subsidies including cooking gas, toll charges, and public transport."