Claim: The government orchestrated the fuel panic to sell off soon-to-expire fuel stocks built up during the pandemic.
Fact-check: No evidence government spreading fuel shortage rumours to sell surplus - Full Fact
Verdict: there is no evidence of this. there wasn't a build up of fuel stocks during the pandemic. supply fell to meet reduced demand.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-09-29T00:00:00