If you’re Singapore or Thai, well this is news for you. From Friday onwards until the Malaysian government unveils a new mechanism for selling subsidised fuel, you can no longer buy fuel from your favourite petrol station at the border states like JB. No more day trips in just to save money on fuel…

Is this really something they can enforce?

The ban affects up to 300 petrol stations, and extends up to 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the border in the northern states of Perlis, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan; and Johor in the south which faces Singapore.

The move comes as the government conducts a controversial review of its fuel subsidies, expected to cost 43 billion ringgit (13.6 billion US dollars) this year if oil prices hover around 120 US dollars per barrel.

(Source : ChannelNewsAsia )