Foreigners to pay full price for fuel, says Pak Lah - The Star

By Elizabeth Looi

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said an announcement on how this would be done would be made when the time was right.

“Foreigners will definitely have to pay the full price when we make the announcement and (when we) enforce it immediately,” he told a press conference in Parliament here yesterday.

Abdullah said some people had taken advantage of the country’s cheaper fuel prices by smuggling it into other countries for a profit.

He also said the Government would decide on the use of the MyKad for petrol purchases soon.

On another matter, Abdullah said it was all right for Umno members, including those who were MPs, to make constructive criticism against the Government or party policies as long as they got their facts right.

“Our current practice is not like we are going to take serious action against them, but if what was said was factually wrong, then the party must take action,” he said.

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