BANGKOK: The rationalisation of Malaysia’s diesel subsidy will have no impact on Thailand’s trucking industry, according to Apichart Prairungruang, President of the Land Transport Federation of Thailand.
Instead, Apichart said Thai truckers are preparing for a nationwide rally in Bangkok on July 3 to protest the Thai government’s inaction on rising diesel prices, which is unrelated to Malaysia ’s decision to float its diesel prices.“ Malaysia ’s diesel subsidy rationalisation does not impact us. The scheduled nationwide strike is due to the government’s continued ignorance of our demands for the price of diesel to be capped at 30 baht/litre,“ he told Bernama when contacted on Tuesday.
On June 9, the Malaysian government announced that the retail price of diesel in Peninsular Malaysia had been set at RM3.35 per litre effective June 10, under the targeted subsidy system.However, Apichart said the scheduled protest on July 3 has not yet been confirmed as July is the King’s birthday, and the federation does not want to do anything inappropriate while the country is preparing for the celebration.
He added that more than a million trucks registered with the Land Transportation Department, including pick-up trucks and agricultural trucks that use diesel, will be affected by the diesel prices. In October 2021, hundreds of trucks surrounded the Energy Ministry and threatened to halt 10 per cent of their services unless the diesel price was capped.
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