There will be no restriction on how many times you can fill up your car a day with RON 95 petrol under the Budi95 subsidy scheme, which sets the price of the fuel at RM1.99 per litre from September 30.
According to finance minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan, Malaysians eligible for the fuel will be allowed to refill their vehicles as many times a day as they see fit, as the Malay Mail reports. The ministry also issued a statement on the matter earlier this evening, as seen in the image at the end of this story.
However, he said there will be measures in place that will prevent abuse and profiteering. “You can refill as many times as you want. What we are looking at is unusual behaviour and people trying to abuse the system by topping up repeatedly in a short span and reselling fuel. That is what we will block,” he said at a media briefing today.
“Basically, they cannot refill every ten minutes. We will ensure there’s no abuse,” he said. He said that MyKad verification at petrol stations, combined with back-end data analytics will allow the government to flag abnormal refuelling patterns. If necessary, the system can temporarily halt subsidised transactions linked to the same card until checks are made.
Amir Hamzah said that besides verifying MyKad at pumps or via digital apps and that driving licences were valid, protection measures will include ensuring petrol stations’ systems detect if refill patterns are abnormal and rejecting ICs that don’t match the national registration database. He added that the public should report stolen or lost ICs to prevent misuse.
He added that preventing leakages is a key goal of Budi95, with the government looking to plug leakages in its RON 95 subsidy, which has ballooned to nearly RM20 billion a year. According to finance ministry data, more than 20% of that was consumed by foreigners, businesses and from smuggling activities.
“Every ringgit saved is important and if we don’t control these leakages, honest Malaysians end up paying the price. The money we save will go back into welfare programmes like Sara and more,” he said.
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Vroom Kansai Dorifto!!
Skreeet
*U turn*
Was it a case of PT wrong interpretation or him complaining about ‘being misquoted’ despite everyone was clear what he said?
These days with Fahmi Goering controlling all forms of media and pushing out their propaganda, every outlet & print are in fear of being faulted even if its not them who was wrong.
Funny how those who don’t know shit about what’s behind the scene and not part of the loop is suddenly a Mr know-it-all.
Knnccb
this whole shenanigan will backfire with rampant abuse and profiteering at the end. there will be new oil traders/petrol dealers overnight.
why u wanna kacau the livelihood of smmuglers bordering thailand, nusantara, and Sulu ? dont you know malaysia is a charitable country donated millions to palestine so we can easliy subsidize our neighbours ?
Mat rempits truly appreciate this
I have a better idea, just force every car to install a GPS tracker. Then track how many km were ran and compared with how many liters of petrol is pumped.
that is difficult to reconcile because every car has different fuel consumption.
Good thing you’re not in charge then
Nanti kasi u-turn…it’s part of the norms in boleh-land.
if korang x suka, barking like mad of course govt terpaksa u turn la. x kan terus jalan je later korang mengamok plak tuduh govt seksa korang .
waiting for the resident oppo cybertroll plainbs to copy-paste his usual drivel then his job done for the day
dia janji dia buat masalah dia uturn