Even as the nation still reels in shock over the midnight fuel hike, a minister has described the increase as minimal.
"If we do a calculation, the increment is minimal," said Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister Hasan Malek.
"If there is going to be an impact (on inflation), it will be minimal.
"It is not big," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur after attending the Malaysian Intellectual Property Award.
When asked, Hasan could not guarantee another increase in the price of petrol and diesel.
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