Kuala Lampur, Jan. 16 -- When MP pay is discussed, regular Malaysians go mental.

Four hundred ringgit to show up at Dewan Rakyat on top of the RM16,000 monthly salary, with RM340 daily allowance to dine in Sydney travelling business class for a study tour.

Reading that already causes folks back home in a mamak to grind their teeth rather than sip their RM2 teh ais.

They risk biting their tongues when told there's more.

The elaborate package includes a warm clothing allowance. New South Wales gets chilly in July.

Online bashes are unavoidable.

But is it right? To hit out at MPs?

For the rakyat's disenchantment is grounded in reality.

Before the year ended, Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) - under Khazanah Nasional chaired by the p...