BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a 0.5 percent decrease in May, according to official data.

The decrease was driven by a 0.8 percent decrease in both food and non-alcoholic beverages and non-food indices, the local media Borneo Bulletin reported, citing the data.

For a month-on-month comparison, the CPI decreased 0.1 percent. ■