Second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghani said core inflation was still stable amidst concerns after the consumer price inflation had hit an eight year high in March.

"The inflation rate in March 2017 rose to 5.1 percent due to the low base effect of fuel prices," he said in a text message to Malaysiakini.

"The transport index increased by 23 percent because of the increase in fuel prices. RON95 in March 2016 was RM1.60 as compared to RM2.30 in March 2017, an increase of 70 sen...