![]() ![]() Johor Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry director Mohd Hairul Anuar said that petrol station owners found to have sold Ron95 to foreigners could be investigated under the Control of Supplies Act. "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," said Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi in a statement. Authorities want to 'put a stop' to Singaporeans who pump Ron95īack when the borders opened last year in April, Malaysia’s Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs came out to say that they intend to put a stop to the sale of subsidised petrol such as Ron95 to foreign-registered vehicles. "Two men would use barrels of gasoline not to use in cars, but to refill go-karts," he also revealed. In a statement by assistant superintendent Ramad Ariffin, Iskandar Puteri's police district director, he said that the incident was caused by a misunderstanding between the two parties. ![]() "Pump petrol also like that," he said angrily while walking away from the rider. Then the come here scold people," one of the men said. "We asked petrol kiosk if and they said okay. The Singaporeans then explained to the police that they had already gotten permission from the petrol kiosk to take the Ron95 petrol. While pointing at the rider, one of the Singaporeans said: "Sir, he too much you know." Petrol staff told men it was all right to take Ron95 petrol ♬ original sound - IPK.TVĪfter which, one of the Singaporeans tried to snatch the rider's phone from him, but the police stepped in between them. The Singaporean man who was at the car boot later stormed towards the rider and pointed his finger at the camera, angrily saying: "You better delete ah." sebelah tak boleh terima kena tegur sebab pump Ron 95 kat caltex area Sunway big box. The rider also accused the Singaporeans of wanting to use a "weapon" to attack him and said he will submit the video of the altercation to the police. He then spoke with the police officers while occasionally pointing at the rider, while the rider continued to tell him off loudly. One of the men then pointed at the rider and shouted: "What do you want?" The other walked towards the delivery rider but was stopped by police on the scene. In circulating videos of the delivery rider's point of view, the rider could be seen shouting at the Singaporean men in Malay.Īs he was doing so, one of the Singaporeans pointed at him while fiddling with his car boot. One delivery rider in Johor Bahru was no different and confronted two Singaporeans seen pumping the petrol into a container.Īccording to China Press, the incident happened last Friday (June 16) at around 10.37pm at a Caltex petrol station near a shopping mall in Sunway City Iskandar Puteri. Upon becoming aware of the incident, Ampol took immediate action to recover product and to mitigate environmental impacts," a spokesperson said.Most know that Malaysians don't like it when Singaporeans help themselves to the subsidised Ron95 petrol. "Ampol is extremely disappointed about this incident at our Kippax store which was run by a former franchisee. In a statement Ampol said it was disappointed with the incident and would work with environmental authorities to remediate the site. When the leak was detected in mid-February last year, the company notified the EPA, took the tank out of service and called in environmental consultants and remediation contractors.Ī site audit found there were no unacceptable health risks at the site or nearby properties, and the property was suitable to continue to be used as a service station and mechanical workshop. The tank had not been fitted with protective measures, including cathodic protection to prevent corrosion, automatic tank gauging or electronic line leak detection.Īmpol's investigations found a number of risk management controls had not prevented the tank's failure. The enforceable undertaking said the leak came from a 45-year-old steel storage tank, which had failed after the floor corroded. Petrol tanks were not fitted with protective measures ![]() The deal means Ampol must pay $150,000 to the Ginninderry Conservation Trust and $50,000 to the Ginninderra Catchment Group to fund their environmental work. Soil and groundwater was contaminated after almost 80,000 litres of fuel escaped from an underground storage tank at the Caltex service station in Kippax between December 2019 and February 2020.Īmpol Petroleum last month signed an enforceable undertaking with the ACT Environment Protection Authority over the incident. ![]()
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