Private buses refusing to pay the increased toll at the Johor Bahru Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) centre this morning wreaked havoc with the traffic at the causeway this morning.
According to Singapore's Zaobao, the 'bas kilang' that ferry workers to Singapore daily "went on strike" at 5am when told to pay the new rate at a 570 per cent increase.
Their refusal to budge caused a massive traffic jam that spread across to the Singapore checkpoint.
"We are outside of CIQ with bas kilang drivers who refused to pay new toll. They caused a massive jam since 5am.
"Customs and police (officers) told them to either enter or leave, but promised to announce a decision on the new toll in a week's time.
"The bas kilang drivers promised a huge protest a week later if the decision/announcement is not acceptable," posted Johor PKR leader Steven Choong on his Facebook this morning.
The traffic situation reportedly eased at around 8am.
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