The informal request was made during a routine discussion on reducing palm oil imports. FMTNews India
KUALA LUMPUR: India has asked palm oil refiners and traders not to buy Malaysian palm oil, to protest Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s criticism of a controversial citizenship law seen as discriminatory to Muslims, Reuters reports quoting sources.
“In Monday’s meeting we have been verbally told to avoid buying Malaysian palm oil,” Reuters quoted a senior industry official as saying. India has been Malaysia’s biggest palm oil buyer since 2014, importing RM6.9 billion worth of palm oil last year. On Dec 20, Mahathir again criticised the Indian government over the Citizenship Amendment Act, which offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries.
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