Fact check: Did a motorist seen in video holding up a Singapore passport and pumping Ron95 petrol commit an offence?, Singapore News

Fact check: Did a motorist seen in video holding up a Singapore passport and pumping Ron95 petrol commit an offence?, Singapore News


Chances are you may have seen a video circulating on social media, showing a Threads user holding up what appears to be a Singapore passport while refuelling his car with Ron95 petrol.

The video, first posted on Threads by user BlackSpice, has received about 1 million views since it was posted on June 30.

Its caption was deliberately inflammatory: “How to piss off Malaysians as a Singaporean. Step one. Steal their oil.”

In the video, the motorist is seen holding up what appears to be a Singapore passport against a Ron95 petrol nozzle inserted into a car at a Caltex petrol station in Malaysia.

He then shows that some 23.6 litres of Ron95 had been purchased at a cost of RM60 (S$19.03). 

Video unlikely to be taken recently

Given that Ron95 is heavily subsidised by the Malaysian government, the video has naturally sparked criticism from netizens from both sides of the Causeway.

Some Malaysian media outlets, and one from Singapore, were quick to report on the incident.






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