Social media users said they have been facing the same problem since Wednesday. Many voiced concern that the situation may not get any better since there were many who would not return to their hometowns for Hari Raya.

“I’ve been to several ATMs since yesterday, plus the ones at petrol stations. There is no cash… how can we celebrate?,” said a social media user known as Zabidi on Twitter.

“The ATM machines are dry, and it’s the same at banks. Sometimes only one ATM machine can be used,” he said, according to Kosmo.

Another Twitter user named Mad Zaid Ceroi said he was unable to even check his bank account balance because of the long queues at ATMs.

Bank customers in Kuantan, Pahang, were faced with the same dilemma, with Faeez Harith stating on Twitter that the CIMB branches near the state mosque and Berjaya Megamall Kuantan had run out of cash.

Today is a public holiday in some states for Labour Day, with Hari Raya celebrated tomorrow and on Tuesday. In other states, the public holidays are from Monday to Wednesday.