KUALA LUMPUR: Second Finance Minister Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani (pic) said the people will continue to benefit from cooking oil subsidies from the Government.

"The people will not be affected and will continue to be subsidised," he said when commenting on a report citing Malayan Edible Oil Manufacturers Association (Meoma) that the price of some cooking oil will rise next month following the removal of subsidies by the Government.

"The cooking oil subsidy given by the Government is used for export sale. This is what we want to control," he said in the Parliament lobby here Thursday.

Measures to plug leakages of cooking oil subsidies is being tackled by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK).

On Wednesday, its Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the licence of wholesalers and suppliers would be withdrawn if they were found to be hoarding cooking oil for quick gain. – Bernama