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Malaysians call for fines for Singaporean motorists freeloading on subsidised fuel

Malaysia’s government spends tens of billions of ringgit in subsidies to maintain artificially low fuel prices aimed at protecting the lowest income groups. But it has banned the sale of subsidised fuel to foreign-registered cars since 2010.

The issue was reignited by a viral video showing a woman being stopped by a station attendant just as she started refuelling a Singapore-registered car at a subsidised petrol pump in southern Johor state, across the causeway.

“We are asking the government to consider imposing a fine on foreign car owners filling up on RON95 as you can’t place the burden solely on station operators,” said Gordon Lim Chee Keong of the Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia (PDAM) on Friday.

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