PUTRAJAYA: Petrol station operators selling subsidised petrol to foreign-registered vehicles will face stern action, with the law providing for a maximum fine of RM2mil.

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said instructions had periodically been issued to all fuel companies and petrol station operators near the Singapore border about the ban on the sale of RON95 petrol to foreign-registered vehicles, including motorcycles.

“The ministry has also ordered all state ministry offices bordering Singapore and Thailand to intensify monitoring and inspections as well as to take stern action against any party that violates the Control of Supplies Act 1961 (Act 122) and (Control of Supplies Regulations 1974),” he said in a statement here Sunday (April 3).

The Act stipulates a fine not exceeding RM1mil, or a jail sentence of not more than three years, or both for individuals; and fines no more than RM2mil for entities or companies that violate the law.

The issue became a hot topic recently after footage of Singapore-registered plates fuelling up with yellow petrol pump nozzles went viral. In Malaysia, yellow nozzles on petrol pumps are used to dispense RON95 petrol.

Nanta also said that the ministry’s enforcement division had been instructed to conduct an immediate investigation and conduct more aggressive monitoring at petrol stations, especially those near border states.

Nanta said more aggressive enforcement activities will also be conducted with the launch of Ops Pantau 2022 Sunday to ensure that the supply of goods are adequate and sold at affordable prices, as well as to ensure high compliance among businesses following the complete reopening of the economic sector and the country’s borders on April 1. – Bernama