RON97 is now RM2.70 per liter

Effective today, RON97 will cost us Malaysian motorists RM2.70 per liter. This is up by 20 sen from RM2.50 per liter (which was increased not long ago in February 2011).

So now, we have:-

• 2nd Nov 2010 - RM2.15 per liter
• 1st Dec 2010 - RM2.30 per liter
• 5th Jan 2011 - RM2.40 per liter
• 1st Feb 2011 - RM2.50 per liter
• 2nd April 2011 - RM2.70 per liter

This was reported on multiple sites, namely:

The Malaysian Insider : http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ron97-petrol-up-20-sen-from-tomorrow/
The Star : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/1/nation/20110401211546&sec=nation
Paul Tan's Automotive Blog : http://paultan.org/2011/04/01/ron97-up-by-20-sen-tomorrow-to-rm2-70-a-litre/
The New Straits Times / Business Times : http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/20110401205521/Article/

At least for now, the price of RON95 fuel remains fixed at RM1.90 per liter. For how long, is anyone's guess.

I wish this was a collaboration on an April Fool's joke, but I don't think that these highly respected sources would do such a thing (especially when the price of fuel is already a hot topic here in Malaysia). Well, we'll see if there's any news on this later today....