The announcement this morning, made at Felda Jengka 8 in Pahang, one of the first plantations under the Federal Land Development Authority programme, comes ahead of a general election that is widely speculated to be held this year.

"Today is a historic day, where I announce the windfall that I have promised for Felda settlers.

"With the listing of FGVH, we will distribute in total RM1.689 billion to some 112,000 settlers," he said to cheers from the people gathered.

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