Malaysia's industrial output growth eased considerably in May amid a downturn in the mining sector, figures from the Department of Statistics showed on Friday.
Industrial production climbed 2.4 percent year-on-year in May, much slower than the 6.1 percent surge in the previous month. Further, this was the weakest rate of growth since December last year.
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