Finance minister: Fuel price contingency plan ready following escalating conflict in the Middle East
Wednesday, 08 Jan 2020 04:39 PM MYTFinance Minister Lim Guan Eng speaks during a news conference at the Inland Revenue Board’s office in Kuala Lumpur January 8, 2020. — Picture by Yusot Mat Isa
“Oh definitely, we have a contingency plan , so definitely we have a contingency and we can adopt it. Yesterday, Iran launched a dozen missile strikes against two US air bases in Iraq. This was in retaliation to the US air strike which killed senior Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week.
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