KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 -- Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh is pushing the government to reinstate the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying it is a better and more effective taxation system than the current Sales and Services Tax (SST).

He said although the 6 per cent GST previously implemented was criticised for burdening the people, the current system is even more taxing.

"Previously, the six per cent GST was said to burden the people," he said in a Facebook post today.

"Now, people have to pay SST - 5 or 10 per cent sales tax plus 6 per cent service tax - in addition to a reduction in the number of taxable goods from 8,084 items to only 1,813 items."

Akmal urged the government not to shy away from acknowledging that the former G...