Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak said the Pakatan Harapan government's recent "admission" that the zero-rating of Goods and Services Tax (GST) was barely felt, proved that the vilified tax was not the cause of rising costs of living.

The ousted premier, whose government introduced the unpopular GST in 2015, said that coalition should have heeded BN's advice prior to the 14th general election not to change the country's tax system "as they liked" and must now face consequences ...