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Lawyers representing Kelantan senior state exco member Husam Musa has today filed an interlocutory injunction against Petronas to stop paying oil royalty payments accorded to Kelantan to the federal government or its agents.
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In the interlocutory injunction application, the Kelantan government is seeking cash payment amounting to five percent of the value of petroleum, either on or off-shore in Kelantan, which is a subject matter in the on-going dispute filed by the state in 2010.
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He also wants an order to compel Petronas to prepare an account detailing past cash payments made by the national oil company to the federal government within 14 days of the order.
PAS-led Kelantan government had filed the suit against Petronas over oil royalty it claims the is owed to the state by the Federal government following the discovery of oil since 2004. It is seeking RM12 billion from the oil conglomerate.
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