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In this hand out picture taken Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, show Philip Alston, the U.N. rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visiting Kampung Numbak in Sabab, east of Malaysia. Alston said Malaysia's official poverty rate, which fell from 49 percent in 1970 to just 0.4 percent in 2016, was "extremely artificial" and doesn't reflect the cost of living and excluded vulnerable populations. (Bassam Khawaja via AP)

In this hand out picture taken Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, show Philip Alston, the U.N. rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visiting Kampung Numbak in Sabab, east of Malaysia. Alston said Malaysia's official poverty rate, which fell from 49 percent in 1970 to just 0.4 percent in 2016, was "extremely artificial" and doesn't reflect the cost of living and excluded vulnerable populations. (Bassam Khawaja via AP)

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