Country facing serious subsidised diesel leakages - minister

The country is facing a serious problem with subsidised diesel leakages, with a possibility of ineligible parties still enjoying the subsidy, said Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan.

Citing the example of subsidised diesel usage in the country, he said it was around 6.1 billion litres before the Covid-19 pandemic, and now it has reached 10.8 billion litres.

“That is a 70 percent increase...