{"id":381,"date":"2018-08-30T20:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2018-08-30T21:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T13:01:42","slug":"petron-is-not-sole-supplier-to-government-says-mof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Petron is not sole supplier to government, says MOF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-382\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1347\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png 1347w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-201x100.png 201w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-350x174.png 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-800x397.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1347px) 100vw, 1347px\" \/>KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Aug &#8211;\u00a0 Petron is not the sole supplier of fuel for government vehicle, the Finance Ministry clarified in a statement made today.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was issued after\u00a0Petron&#8217;s letter of appointment by the Government went viral, sparking questions of nepotism as Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad&#8217;s son Mirzan is a director in Petron Corporation. The company owns Petron Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry explained that the appointment was made as an administrative measure as it relates to operational matters and does not involve any financial implications to the Government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through this approval, the Government obtains more choices between Petronas, Shell and Petron, and this can open more opportunities and healthy competition among petrol and diesel suppliers,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Ministry said that the Government does not limit the number of suppliers, adding that other suppliers who are capable and have a wide network of stations throughout the country can also apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Aug &#8211;\u00a0 Petron is not the sole supplier of fuel for government&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[741,740,739],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-finance-ministry","tag-mirzan-mahathir","tag-petron"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png",1347,669,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-300x149.png",300,149,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-768x381.png",640,318,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron-1024x509.png",640,318,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png",1347,669,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png",1347,669,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png",1280,636,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png",1024,509,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/petron.png",720,358,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a>","tag_info":"Nation","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}