The enforcement director of Malaysia’s Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, Datuk Seri Azman Adam, said that they have received 7 complaints of foreign-registered vehicles pumping the subsidized RON95 petrol ever since Malaysia reopened its land borders with Singapore.
He alluded to the cases involving Singapore registered vehicles and said that all the cases happened in Johor.
He added that two Johor petrol stations are under investigation for allowing foreign cars to pump petrol from the subsidized RON95 fuel.
Datuk Sari also added the authorities are “finalizing the investigation” when he was asked about the viral videos of foreign cars pumping RON95 using the yellow pumps.
The petrol pumps with yellow nozzles in Malaysia are used to pump the subsidized RON95 petrol.
A ban on the sale of RON95 to foreign vehicles was imposed on 1 August 2010, but whether it has been enforced remains another story, although, with the rising fuel prices amidst the embargo on Russia, the scrutiny on the ruling has seen been magnified.