Cooking oil subsidy leakage: Revamp of supply system among steps to be taken, says Annuar


KOTA BHARU: Stern action, including a revamp of the supply system will be undertaken, if the leakage and smuggling of subsidised cooking oil to neighbouring countries continues, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

The Jihad Against Inflation Special Task Force chairman, said the move was among the measures proposed after the task force’s investigation found sufficient evidence of subsidised cooking oil being smuggled abroad.

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