KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 -- The government will become "very unpopular" if it raised taxes on the top 10 per cent of the richest and redistributed the wealth to the rest of the population, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Fuziah Salleh said.

While the PKR secretary-general admitted that distribution of wealth should be more equitable and efficient, she said the government has to tread carefully in doing so.

"Even at the moment when we talk about targeted petrol subsidies that may exclude the T20, we already hear some noises.

"Even the two per cent dividend (tax) met with some resistance," Fuziah said, referring to the introduction of dividend tax on annual dividend income exceeding RM100,000 under the 2025 Budget.

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