Govt to probe claims of subsidised cooking oil, RON95 sold freely in southern Thailand
PETALING JAYA:
The domestic trade and cost of living ministry will investigate claims that Malaysian subsidised cooking oil and RON95 petrol are being sold freely in southern Thailand, including Sungai Golok, its deputy minister, Fuziah Salleh, said.
Fuziah said her ministry has stepped up enforcement under Op Tiris, which has been expanded to cover RON95 petrol, liquefied petroleum gas, cooking oil, sugar and wheat flour.
She said officers have also been posted to eight immigration, customs, quarantine and security complexes in border states such as Kelantan, Perlis, Kedah and Perak to curb smuggling.
“We are monitoring and tightening enforcement in (these) border states to curb the misappropriation and smuggling of controlled subsidised goods,” she…
