The Abdullah Badawi government, for some reasons, has been most caring and generous with Air Asia.
The patronage and molly-coddling it receives seems to make the budget airline appears to be the “most favoured son or company.” What it asks for, it gets. It can do no wrong. The budget airline can even avoid forwarding airport tax it has collected on behalf of the authority and get away with it. For lesser folks and companies, when taxes are owed, the offence is liable for a hefty fine and maybe even a jail term.