Dateline 2012-11-02:
Kelantan is willing to settle its long-drawn oil royalty dispute out of court if Putrajaya expedites approval of the PAS state’s demand for RM800 million in annual royalties owed since 2005, state executive councillor Datuk Husam Musa has said.
Husam, who heads Kelantan’s Oil Royalty Action Committee, was weighing in on the government’s announcement on Tuesday promising a RM100 million payment to Pahang for untapped oil fields off the state coast.
“There is no more reason to refuse payment to Kelantan. I hope we can settle this out of court,” he told The Malaysian Insider earlier this week.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 