The ministry of finance (MoF) has responded to a recent viral video showing an individual filling up containers with RON 95 at a petrol station in Skudai, Johor.
In the video, a man and woman can be seen filling RON 95 petrol into containers placed in the boot of a black Nissan sedan with Johor number plates. Under current regulations, Malaysians are allowed to purchase up to 20 litres of petrol without needing to bring a vehicle to the pump.
Those that require more for non-vehicle purposes, such as agriculture use, will need to apply for a special permit from the ministry of domestic trade and cost of living (KPDN). Based on the video, the couple pumped 71.77 litres into the containers, which is 3.5 times the legal limit (assuming they did not have a special permit). Soon after, they were seen moving their car to another pump to refuel the vehicle’s tank.
“Investigations found that the individual involved is a Malaysian and a MyKad holder. Following that, the MoF will take action by blocking the identity card used during that transaction, as well as the vehicle owner, from continuing to enjoy Budi95,” the MoF said in a statement today.
It added that the government will not compromise on any form of subsidy leakages and misuse, especially amid current uncertainties that require close control over fuel supply and prices. Enforcement actions will also be intensified to curb such irresponsible activities, and the public is welcomed to channel any complaints regarding this matter.
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that for ATVs or gocarts
Fire Madani and this Budi95 misuse will be solved.
Fire your doctor for not curing your sickness
Stop selling your IC details for cheap petrol. Subsidised RON95 must be freely available to all rakyat without hassle or quotas, even to those Malaysians who drive foreign registered car, and also for foreigners who reside in Malaysia driving local car.
as usual, u can’t stop making childish comments.
“car boot” duo loses budi95 in hours but indira gandhi husband kidnapper fugitive from the law is still eligible
7% of the population but committing 60% of the crime
literally Pump and Siphon
Let me guess. She’s helping to get fuel for singapore cars.
Hope that worth it for the couple.
this can be avoided had the govt given rm200/300 monthly to citizens with valid driving license and float fuel pricing from the start. they allow 300l monthly quota but claim misuse and subsidy leakages when people try to use up all their quota.
you clearly didn’t read or have a comprehension problem. The issue is they pumped into container more than limit 20L, this is clearly wrong with or without mykad
What happens if your car run out of petrol and you need to buy a few litres using a container. Is it an offence?
please don’t read a headline and straight comment, read the whole thing first.
The answer is in the 2nd paragraph of the above article.
My wife is a foreigner with spouse visa and we both needs to drive to commute to work daily and to fetch our kids as they r no public transportation available here. But she is not entitled to the budi95 and I have to be the one filling up the tank. 300 liters is not enough for us both. Our family is just m40..The government does not even bother to consider families of mixed marriages.