{"id":26031,"date":"2026-01-05T20:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26031"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:44:36","slug":"spore-resident-wife-who-went-viral-for-allegedly-using-ron95-petrol-in-johor-surrender-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26031","title":{"rendered":"S\u2019pore resident, wife who went viral for allegedly using RON95 petrol in Johor surrender to police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">KULAI \u2013 The man who went viral for allegedly refuelling a Singapore-registered car with subsidised RON95 petrol has come forward, the police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Kulai <!-- -->police chief<!-- --> Tan Seng Lee said that the 63-year-old man and his 67-year-old wife arrived at the Kulai police headquarters to assist with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe investigation paper is still being processed and will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor as soon as possible for further instructions,\u201d he said on Jan 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Jan 4, the police said the suspect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/man-who-allegedly-filled-spore-registered-car-with-ron95-at-johor-petrol-station-identified?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">identified as a Singapore permanent resident<\/p>\n<p><\/a>, was being investigated under Section 108(3)(e) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for allegedly exhibiting an altered or tampered vehicle registration number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Jan 3, a one-minute video showed a man refuelling a vehicle with partially obscured registration plates using subsidised RON95 fuel intended only for Malaysia-registered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In the video, the first and last letters of the car\u2019s registration number appeared to have been covered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The voice of an unidentified individual, believed to be the person recording the video, can also be heard asking the suspect whether he was Malaysian. The man replied that he was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police confirmed that the man allegedly covered the registration number of his Singapore-registered vehicle to pump RON95 petrol at a petrol station in Kulai. <!-- -->THE STAR\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Malaysia\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Malaysia<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Diesel\/Petrol\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Diesel\/Petrol<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Viral videos\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Viral videos<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/spore-resident-and-wife-who-went-viral-for-using-ron95-petrol-in-johor-turn-themselves-in-to-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KULAI \u2013 The man who went viral for allegedly refuelling a Singapore-registered car with subsidised RON95 petrol has come forward, the police said. 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