M'sia urged to follow Indonesia's ID system to curb abuse of subsidised oil
FARHANA ABD KADIR07 Feb 2023 08:30am
There was shortage of cooking oil last year. - Bernama pic
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Sinar found several businesses, food vendors and convenience stores stating Indonesia’s regulations should be implemented as the purchase of uncontrolled cooking oil can cause future problems.
Food and catering entrepreneur Baiti Mohd Radzi, 36, supported the idea for Malaysians to set regulations and limit the purchase of subsidised cooking oil.
Baiti said the government subsidy must benefit locals instead of foreigners.
“The government should tighten regulations and act to control the purchase of subsidised oil.
“For businesses, the government can set regulations of using a business licence with a limited quantity to make purchases,” the entrepreneur told Sinar.
For sundry merchant Mohd Hazwan Jaludin, 35, the purchase of cooking oil in bulk by traders was causing an impact.
“The purchase of subsidised oil must be controlled especially on retailers as the uncontrolled purchase could cause those less fortunate not to experience purchasing the oil.
“The control could be implemented if there were tight guidelines set on those purchasing in bulk,” he said.
Convenience store owner known as Khan, 63 said he agreed if the government set regulations requiring identification for the purchase of subsidised oil as it would simplify the purchase of control items.
“Currently foreigners can purchase subsidised cooking oil which is difficult to control. We must launch new regulations like Indonesia to use identification,” he said.
On Saturday, it was reported that Indonesia now mandates presenting identification cards each time a purchase of subsidised cooking oil is made to prevent excessive purchases.
