Man Claims He's Malaysian After He Was Told His SG Car Cannot Use RON95
"Even though I'm Malaysian also cannot?" he asked the woman who recorded the video.
By Aqasha Nalani — 27 Mar 2023, 02:41 PM — Updated over 1 year ago
It is widely known that RON95 petrol is subsidised by the Malaysian government, which means that foreign-registered cars are not allowed to use the petrol for their vehicle
Despite the common knowledge, a man recently went viral on social media after he was recorded pumping RON95 petrol into his Singapore-registered Honda Odyssey.
In the one-minute clip posted on SG Road Vigilante SGRV's YouTube channel, the man can be seen being approached by a woman at a gas station in Malaysia after he was done pumping his car with RON95 petrol.
The woman told him several times that he could not pump his car with RON95 petrol, to which the man asked, "Even though I'm Malaysian also cannot?"
"No, [it] doesn't matter [if] you're Malaysian or what but you are using a Singaporean car," she replied.
The woman continued to confront the man and told him that he should know the rule if he was indeed Malaysian
"If you said you are Malaysian, you should know. You cannot fill up the petrol using a Singaporean car," she said.
The man then told her that in the past, other petrol stations in Melaka and Kuala Lumpur had allowed him to use the petrol for his vehicle.
Despite the man's explanation, the woman stood on her ground and told him again that he was not allowed to use RON95 petrol for his car.
Netizens were enraged by the video and left their thoughts in the comments section
Many users requested that the authorities take legal action against the man in the video.
One user suggested that petrol stations should use a system that checks buyers' identities by tapping their identification card (IC) in order for them to use RON95.
"If the system detects a Malaysian IC with a foreign vehicle, the culprit can easily be traced," they wrote.
Meanwhile, one Singaporean user agreed that a heavier penalty must be given to Singaporeans who disobey Malaysian law.
In case you missed it, here's why foreign vehicles are not allowed to pump heavily subsidised RON95 in Malaysia:
