Lowering the boom on pirates


A total of more 150 copies of suspected counterfeit Microsoft software were seized with a combined estimated retail value amounting to RM150,000.

THE Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) recently announced that its Shah Alam branch successfully raided a Klang-based syndicate involved in the distribution of suspected high-end counterfeit software passed off as original software and sold to unsuspecting resellers and end-user customers at premium prices.

MDTCC Selangor Chief Enforcement Officer, Othman Nawang said, “The successful raid was executed by a team of at least six personnel, including enforcement officers from the MDTCC Shah Alam branch with the assistance of Microsoft Corporation’s investigators and lawyers.

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