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MIRI: River and land transportation in many parts of rural Sarawak came to a standstill Thursday as petrol and diesel supply ran out following massive panic buying hours before the Government’s new price took effect.

Petrol and diesel shortages have been reported in rural villages and interior towns in central and northern Sarawak as the fuel supply situation gets even more chaotic following the sharp hike in price of this vital commodity.

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These rural folks had to bear the brunt of this shortage because they rely on fuel supply from urban centres. The urban centres had been adversely affected by the mad rush by people in towns and cities to buy the petrol and diesel on Wednesday night in order to fill their tanks to the maximum before the new price took effect at midnight Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in Marudi district in interior Baram, many folks were not even aware of the price hike.

Wow.. Interior Baram were not even aware of the price hikes?

Rumors that cooking oil prices may be increasing sent shoppers scrambling to buy cooking oil today. Most shopping complexes and shops have cooking oil supplies emptied out.