End to a legal saga

KUCHING: The consent judgement entered into on Thursday between the Sarawak government and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) is a historic achievement to be proud of, bringing an end to a long drawn legal saga, said lawyer Shankar Ram Asnani. “(This) endorsed the judgement of the High Court that recognised Sarawak’s Oil Mining Ordinance 1958, the […]

Petronas to pay via seven subsidiaries

KUCHING: Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) will pay the State Sales Tax (SST) to the Sarawak government via seven of its subsidiaries, including Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd. The subsidiaries, which are involved in the sale of petroleum products in Sarawak, will be registered as taxable persons under the State Sales Tax Ordinance 1998 by August 15 […]

You got it all wrong!

Hasidah tells See his claims on Sarawak-Petronas SST talks fallacious KUCHING: Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali has refuted claims that the state government is negotiating on Petroliam Nasional Berhad’s (Petronas) payment of State Sales Tax (SST), describing such claims as ‘fallacious’ and ‘simply not true’. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (July 15), the […]

Lo comments on Wan Zulkiflee’s resignation

KUCHING: Petronas chief executive officer Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin’s resignation recently due to his disagreement with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin over the plan to pay RM2 billion in sales tax to Sarawak shows that the latter did not know the Malaysian Agreement 1963 and had failed to acknowledge it, said Batu […]