Authorities do spot-check Traders did not increase prices of goods following fuel hike

Price check: Perak Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives Department officers, led by operations head Zulkifli Yaakob (right), checking the prices of food and drink items at Restoran Nasi Vanggey in Ipoh.

THE authorities conducted price spot-checks throughout Perak following the recent fuel price hike in an attempt to catch unscrupulous business owners on Sept 3.

According to Perak Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives Department operations head Zulkifli Yaakob, the department had been conducting spot checks at food premises, markets, night markets and supermarkets throughout the state following the fuel price hike that day.