Putrajaya alleged to have approved 38 new AP holders, MITI to issue statement on allegation soon – report

Putrajaya alleged to have approved 38 new AP holders, MITI to issue statement on allegation soon – report

The ministry of international trade and industry (MITI) will be issuing a statement regarding an allegation that Putrajaya has approved 38 new open approved permit (AP) holders. According to deputy minister Ong Kian Ming, the response to the issue will come later this week, reports Malaysiakini.

The claims were published by automotive portal Drive Safe & Fast, which quoted a “long-established AP holder” for the aforementioned allegation. “From what we have found out, most of the new 38 AP holders have already started talking to established AP holders to ‘buy’ their APs as they are not in the car business and instead just want a fee of RM18,000 to RM22,000 for each AP,” the portal wrote.

The established AP holders have had their regular annual AP quotas reduced to accommodate the provision to the new AP holders, and it now just means that the “AP wealth is spread evenly with 38 new players who are just selling their APs and not doing the import business,” the portal added.

Putrajaya alleged to have approved 38 new AP holders, MITI to issue statement on allegation soon – report

Putrajaya has said it has no plans to abolish the AP system but will review it to ensure that there is no abuse, Ong had mentioned during an interview with radio station BFM last November.

There are no plans right now to abolish the AP system, I think what we are trying to do is to review the system so that you don’t have a situation where ‘Ali Babas’ are being used in the AP process, whereby people just apply for these APs, sit on it and sell it to somebody else at an inflated price. The government is trying to review the process so that legit players are the ones that really contribute to the process of selling cars that cannot be assembled on a CKD basis,” he said during the radio interview.

Last September, prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stated that while numerous businesses were given opportunities under the New Economic Policy (NEP), many had sold their contracts and APs for profit. He said that the government would cancel the contracts and APs given to these businesses if they were selling these to a third party.

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Comments

  • digidigo on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    AP AP, forever to to tongkat business for tongkat people, you will get rich but your brain never..

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    • My england is bad on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:39 pm

      This the transfer of car teknoloji frm 61year ago

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    • Buytime for Story on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:46 pm

      If he did not deny. Then must be true already.

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    • YB Kunta Kinte on Mar 11, 2019 at 8:07 pm

      Like I always say, Government change mean only about 100 cabinet members change.

      Everyone else, remain the same. It is the same 1.6 million Government servants running the show. They will follow their old lifestyle of easy life and easy money.

      So remember, new Government is just 100 new Cabinet members. Itu sahaja.

      We need to re-educate our children from basic Standard 1 itself for the next 20 years about being honest and trustworthy.

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      • Logical Deduction on Mar 11, 2019 at 9:39 pm

        Who runs the Government? It’s the 100 cabinet ministers, some who now got caught doing the hanky-panky already. This is what you get when electing Older Malaysia back into the Government.

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      • John Doe on Mar 12, 2019 at 9:32 am

        This also applies change in government doesn’t change people like you. The problem is not the people. The problem is the 100 we put up, making us of the rest of us to get them there. And in the end they give all sorts of reasons not being able to do it.
        You can put them in any country, tak boleh pakai means tak boleh pakai. Dont’ talk about the previous, they did a far more superior economic plan since 2008 uplifting the country before being plundered again.

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      • knox0x1 on Mar 12, 2019 at 10:39 am

        Why blame civil servants? They didn’t make the policy.
        You know who did.

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  • This is not Malaysia Baru… this is Malaysia Lagi Lama (Malaysia Dulu-dulu)

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  • Ben Yap on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    cannot abolish AP because of the few people that are connected to the top guys and leeching the people’s money.

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  • bieight on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:59 pm

    well done

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  • Moshindeiru on Mar 11, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    Should just abolish AP. it’s only helping the rich n well connected to get even richer. The middle class n below don’t get anything. After 60 years still running the country like a bunch of kindergarten kids

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  • vVivi Zurianti on Mar 11, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    The day when AP is being abolished, is when cow can fly sky high…..

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  • AP application submitted during BN government time. PH government got no power to reject approval.

    I think this is the standard answer. Now, move along people.

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  • Why not allow individual to order directly via online and public can save money instead of going via AP’s

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  • John Doe on Mar 12, 2019 at 9:23 am

    Another announcement to prove all they were shouting about was not being handed one.
    Give them one and they will shut up.
    Please do not make this an issue again even after you guys get voted out.

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  • panjang on Mar 12, 2019 at 9:24 am

    I dont mind, if they want to approved 100 new AP holder is even better…let them compete and do business the right way with the limited number of AP.
    Dunno how to do business then learn how to do it.
    Dunnow how to learn then roll over and die or in the existing AP holder case…learn to bark.

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  • Ahmadjr on Mar 12, 2019 at 11:08 am

    If yes or no question needs days to answer, then the answer is yes

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  • Not Toyota Fan on Mar 12, 2019 at 5:45 pm

    Gomen say no money lah, hutang billion billion lah.

    Ok, take back ALL AP & let those buggers pay the same price to Gomen. Instead of cronies buta buta untung from AP, let Gomen earn this AP. Macam that AES, Gomen take back & now all saman paid goes directly to Gomen.

    Is PH brave enough to do it????

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