malaysias consumer prices rose 34 from a year earlier in june driven by higher costs for chicken and other foods prices increases for food and nonalcoholic beverages ranged between 28 and 119 yearonyear in june resulting in an overall price increase for the category of 61 the statistics department said friday the increase in food prices was mostly driven by chicken what has become more expensive due to higher feedstock costs said malaysias chief statistician mohd uzir mahidin transport prices rose 54 from a year earlier due to the higher cost of fuel the increase in the consumer price index for june was slightly higher than the 32 rise forecast in a survey of economists by the wall street journal core inflation which excludes volatile items such as fresh food and goods controlled by the government was 30 in june up from 24 in may on a monthly basis the cpi increased 06 from may