Seeing red over inflated prices at evening market


Liew says he was charged RM18 for this packet of fried mee hoon with a piece of chicken, peanuts and anchovies at an evening market in Tebrau.

A BUSINESSMAN from Johor Baru claimed he paid RM33 for a pack of rice and mee hoon at an evening market in Tebrau.

The man, who only wanted to be known as Liew, said he was charged RM15 for a packet of white rice with a piece of chicken and two eggs.

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