PWD: Bus drivers did not stage ‘strike' at Johor CIQ


PETALING JAYA: The Public Works Department (PWD) has refuted reports of a strike staged by bus drivers ferrying factory workers into Singapore. 

The department said the incident at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex in Johor early Friday morning was only a minor one involving two bus drivers who refused to pay the new toll rates imposed by the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA). 

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