Ahmad Maslan: Legal amendments needed to address diesel smuggling

Amendments to the relevant laws are needed to enable the Road Transport Department (RTD) to take action against modified foreign-registered vehicles in an effort to deal with the issue of subsidised diesel smuggling.

Deputy Finance Minister I Ahmad Maslan said he will bring the matter to the attention of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to ensure more effective enforcement to curb diesel smuggling activities using modified vehicles.

“Smuggling is becoming rampant…