By Aida Aziz
Photo: KPDN Perak
LARUT: The activities of a trader who was selling subsidized 1-kilogram (kg) packets of cooking oil only to certain individuals at a premises near Batu Kurau were finally uncovered through Ops Tiris 3.0.
According to the Director of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDN) in Perak, Datuk Kamalludin Ismail, the operation today was the result of information and complaints from the public.
He said that the trader’s actions had caused dissatisfaction among the public.
“Based on the information, a test purchase was carried out, and the premises staff informed that the 1kg packets of cooking oil had been sold out.
“Suspicious of this response, officers and enforcement personnel from KPDN Perak’s Taiping branch conducted a further inspection and found 140 kg of 1kg cooking oil packets stored in the goods storage room.
“As a result, all 140 kg of 1kg cooking oil packets, along with several related documents, were seized.
“This is because he is suspected of falsely denying that he possesses a scheduled controlled item, which is a 1 kg packet of cooking oil,” he said here today.
He added that the total value of the seized goods was estimated at RM350.
Therefore, the case will be investigated under the Supply Control Act 1961.
