Don’t manipulate prices, Kapit traders warned


Al Redzamani says people should not to indulge in panic buying during the CMCO.

BUSINESS operators in Kapit have been warned not to manipulate the price of goods during the conditional movement control order.

All of Sarawak, with the exception of Sibu, which is already under the MCO, have been placed under a two-week conditional MCO beginning Jan 18.Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry’s Kapit branch chief enforcement officer Al Redzamani Abdul Razak, in a statement, warned of stern action if traders were caught raising the prices of their goods for extra profit.He said his enforcement officers would be on the ground daily to ensure that there was no price manipulation which would ultimately burden consumers.

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