Cash rebate offer unfair to some: DAP Kota Kinabalu: It is unfair to offer rebate payment only to vehicle owners who paid their road tax after April 1, 2008 as it means those who renewed the road tax earlier will have to shoulder additional costs for another eight months. DAP MP Dr Hiew King Cheu said those who had renewed the road tax earlier than April 1 this year would only be able to claim for rebate starting January next year. "That means these people cannot claim the fuel rebate for at least eight months on the expensive fuel," he said here Saturday. Hiew said if the additional fuel cost is RM100 per month, it means they would have to fork out RM800 for the eight months while waiting for their turn until next year. "So what good is the rebate?" he asked. Another unfair situation, Hiew said, was to disallow those who are blacklisted by the Road Transport Department from claiming the rebate. "This is another unfair situation, because those who are blacklisted by RTD on the grounds that they have unsettled summonses but some of these summonses are disputed and pending a final decision," he said. He claimed the RTD action would deny the car owners their right as well as take advantage of the situation to force car owners to settle summonses. "This I believe contradicts the move by the Government to give fuel rebate to car owners," he said. According to Hiew, these were among numerous complaints received by his office from an angry public. Another complaint that he received was that the Government should also allow rebate for millions of other vehicles registered under company names - many of them are under private company or proprietorship company owned by individuals meaning they too are entitled to claim for the rebate. Based on the numerous complaints, Hiew said it reflected the hasty implementation of the rebate following the fuel price increase. "These shows the Government had carried out this emergency exercise to repay the people in a hurry in order to cover its decision on the drastic increase in fuel price which caused a nationwide unrest," he said. Towards this end, he said the Government must come up with a better proposal to offset the burden faced by the people. "One way that may be good is to put back the fuel rebate into reducing the fuel price, which is less hassle and everyone can enjoy the benefit," he said.