KUALA LUMPUR: Contraband cigarettes are thriving in the streets here with many vendors and peddlers dealing in the open.
In Chow Kit, a merchant at the Jalan Raja Bot market said his sales had increased by up to four or five times. He said very few bought duty-paid cigarettes, which he also sold.
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