BUKIT MERTAJAM: The move by Singaporean tour companies to raise ticket prices following the rationalisation of diesel subsidies in Malaysia shows the government was right to do so, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“Two days ago, tourist buses and companies from Singapore raised their prices because they said they no longer received subsidised diesel,” he told reporters after a Hari Raya Aidiladha gathering at Masjid Jamek Cherok Tok Kun.
“This means that for decades, they have been enjoying our subsidised diesel. The same goes for fishing boats from Thailand,” he said, referring to arrests of foreign fishermen smuggling diesel at the country’s borders.
He said the country’s subsidised diesel, meant for the poor, had been…