“We as breeders do not expect the government to provide subsidies throughout our entire business operations. I only hope that when subsidies are no longer provided, the price of chicken can be floated. With the end of subsidies, price controls should also end as well,” Ayam Bismi Empire Sdn Bhd (Ayam Bismi) director Mazlina Kamaruddin said when contacted by Bernama.

Mazlina also clarified that statements about many breeders not claiming subsidies were not accurate.

“Our partners throughout Malaysia, when asked, all of them have made their subsidy claims but the claims have been sent to the district office and then the state office before being forwarded to Putrajaya. So where’s the missing link, we do not know,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Selangor Chicken Breeders Association (PPANS) chairman Idrus Zainal Abidin said the rise in the price of chicken coop materials, combined with the various taxes that need to be paid by breeders to produce quality chickens, were a challenge for him at a time when chicken supply is becoming a problem for Malaysians.