Do open APs only benefit the rich?

Ong: With the localisation of the domestic passenger car market, aPs are no longer as commercially lucrative as they once were.

Open approved permits (AP) for the import of reconditioned vehicles are mostly for the higher end market, targeting richer Malaysians.

Questions have constantly been raised if this is a policy that favours the wealthier class, giving them alternatives of prices for the cars of their choice.