KULAI: A man who was caught pumping subsidised RON95 petrol in a Singapore-registered car has been identified as a Singapore permanent resident.
Kulai OPCD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said the owner of the vehicle had been found in Singapore following the viral incident.
“We have gotten in touch and directed him to come to the traffic department at Kulai’s police headquarters to assist with investigations,” he said on Sunday (Jan 4).
He added that the case is being investigated under Section 108(3)(e) of the Road Transport Act 1987 with regard to exhibiting an altered or tampered vehicle registration number.
“The public is reminded not to alter or attempt to hide certain characters of their vehicle registration plate as they please because it is against the law,” said ACP Tan.
On Saturday (Jan 3), a one-minute video showing the suspicious petrol station transaction went viral on social media as the man appeared to pump subsidised RON95 fuel - meant for Malaysians with a locally registered vehicle - into a vehicle with a partially obscured registration number.
In the video, the first and last letters of the car's registration number appeared to have been covered with black tape or marker.
The voice of an unidentified individual, believed to be the person recording the video, could also be heard asking the suspect if he was Malaysian, to which the man replied that he was.
Police confirmed the man allegedly covered the registration number of his Singapore-registered vehicle to pump RON95 petrol at a petrol station in Kulai.
