Petrol Station Strike over Commission

Long queues again in Malaysia as rumor spreads that petrol stations are going on strike today or tomorrow. Petrol Stations here in Kota Kinabalu are swamped with cars as rumors spread about the strikes. So far unable to confirm whether its true or not. Guess better to be safe than sorry.

Only references to the Petrol Stations disputes are at the following

• Malay Mail
  
• The Star

An extract from today's Malay Mail

"In fact, in a show of force, some 3,500 petrol stations had threatened to shut down for eight hours on June 26. However, yesterday, PDAM called off the strike after it was hinted at that the government had agreed to the association’s demands."

So why the panic? Could it be a hoax? The latest sms rumors I heard was that the petrol station would be closed for 3 days. How true, probably we will only find out tonight.