BUKIT KAYU HITAM: The number of foreign vehicles refueling with diesel at petrol stations near the country's border has significantly decreased since the targeted diesel subsidy was announced on June 10.
Mohamad Nekmat Ariffin, 41, who runs a petrol station in Changlun, about eight kilometres from the Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS, said foreign vehicles at his station have significantly decreased since the price of diesel was increased. Mohamad Nekmat, who has been running the 35-year-old petrol station inherited from his late father two years ago, also supports the targeted diesel subsidy, especially in curbing fuel misappropriation.
Muhammad Irfan Kamarulan, a 22-year-old worker at a petrol station on the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Jitra Highway, reported that foreign vehicles refueling with diesel since the RM3.35 per litre price took effect on June 10 has dropped by more than 50 percent. To curb misappropriation, the management of his petrol station has limited diesel purchases by foreign vehicles to RM30, even though the maximum allowable limit is 20 litres.