Exsqueeze me? Why do we need a special panel to study oil revenue? Is this because Pahang & Johor are now considered East Coast states, and what a cut due to their loyalty to the government?
Dateline 2012-08-04:
The government has agreed to set up a special committee to study in a fair and transparent manner the issue of cash payment from petroleum revenue to the states in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said the special committee would be chaired by former chief justice, Abdul Hamid Mohamad, and members of the committee would comprise legal experts from within and outside the country, and representatives from the Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu state governments consented to by the Sultan of the respective states.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 