BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 16 -- The Penang Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has issued a notice to investigate a fuel station at the Juru northbound Rest and Service (R&R) area here, which allegedly refused to sell diesel to lorry drivers as claimed in a viral social media posting.

Penang KPDN director S. Jegan said a team of five enforcement officers was deployed to the location at 8 pm yesterday following a public complaint, and inspections, including checks on documents and records, found that diesel stock was still available at the station.

"Further investigations found that the supply of B10 diesel from the depot to the station had decreased by about 50 per cent since last Monday; as a result, the station management...