ALOR SETAR: The Kedah branch of the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry confirms that a case involving the filling of RON95 petrol into the tank of a foreign-registered vehicle occurred at a petrol station in Sungai Petani on Friday (Jan 9).
Kedah Domestric Trade director Muhammad Nizam Jamaludin said the Sungai Petani branch carried out an inspection at the petrol station concerned following the circulation of a video recording on social media.
He said the recording showed a petrol station worker filling RON95 petrol into the tank of a foreign-registered vehicle.
"Further inspection of the petrol station's closed-circuit television (CCTV) recordings found that the viral video is authentic.
"An activity involving the filling of RON95 petrol by the petrol station worker into the tank of a foreign-registered vehicle did occur. The incident took place at 9.07am Friday," he said in a statement here.
According to him, the enforcement team has opened an investigation paper and seized the sales receipt, CCTV recordings and related documents for further investigation.
Muhammad Nizam said the ministry had issued a prohibition and control order on the sale of RON95 petrol to foreign vehicles on April 29, 2025, to all petrol station operators throughout Kedah.
Earlier, a one-minute-and-six-second video went viral showing a worker at a petrol station filling RON95 petrol into the tank of a foreign-registered vehicle. - Bernama
