'RON97 shortage not our fault'


KUALA LUMPUR: Petrol dealers are fed up of being blamed for the shortage of RON97 and are insisting that it is the oil companies which are at fault.

Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia (PDAM) president Datuk Hashim Othman said the oil companies were not providing them with sufficient supply, stressing that there was no reason for petrol dealers to hold back on sales of RON97.

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