Shafie to Petronas: Pay Sabah also or face suit

19 Sep 2020 • 9:32 AM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu:

Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) President Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (pic) has threatened to sue Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) if it fails to pay the state sales tax (SST) on Petroleum products due to the State. 

He was responding to reports on the national oil company having paid the Sarawak Government RM2.96 billion in SST arrears on petroleum products for 2019.

“If the Sarawak State Government can be paid, we should also be paid equally, because what has been embedded in the rights of Sarawak is also embedded in the rights of Sabah. 

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“After all, the oil doesn’t come from any other place, it comes from Sabah.

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