85 complaints made against petrol stations

KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry has received 85 reports of petrol stations that stopped selling oil on Wednesday night after the announcement of the fuel price increase.

Ministry director-general for enforcement Mohd Roslan Mahayudin said Kelantan recorded the highest number of complaints with 30 cases, while Johor had 15.

He said his department was investigating all the complaints.

Meanwhile, Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said the prices of petrol and diesel were unlikely to change in the next two months.

He said this was because the monthly monitoring of global oil prices had not started.

Asked about the rise in sugar price, he said it had nothing to do with the fuel hike.

“This could be due to supply problems caused by panic buying. The situation will return to normal.”

He said sugar was a controlled item, which came under the Price Control Act.

Any complaints can be directed to the ministry’s hotline at 1-800-886-800, or via e-mail to aduan@kpdnhep.gov.my.

In Muar, Umno Bandar A branch chairman Datuk Kadar Shah Tun Sulaiman said Shahrir should not make anymore announcements on fuel prices as it would only frustrate the rakyat.

He added that Shahrir had recently said there would be no increase in fuel prices until August but the Government had raised the prices in June, taking the people by surprise.