Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has criticised what he described as "dishonesty" about the income gap in the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP).

Lim (above) said while more needs to be done to close the income gap between bumiputera and non-bumiputera households, the government had painted an inflated picture of the situation.

He pointed out that in 1989, the median bumiputera household income was RM680 while for Chinese households, it was RM1,180, representing...