JOHOR BARU, May 24 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has assured that the government will not raise the price of RON95 petrol.

He said he did not agree with a recent Cabinet proposal to increase the price of the popular subsidised petrol that was presented to him.

"Some have asked for the price of RON95 petrol to be increased. However, I don't agree with increasing the price of RON95 petrol.

"To me, it can be reduced little by little according to time and market prices," he said in his capacity as PKR president at the party's national congress held at the Persada Johor International Convention Centre here today.

However, Anwar said the price of premium petrol (RON97 or RON100) for the four million foreigners in Malaysia needs...