Fake toothpaste scam uncovered near Miri


Unscrupulous businessmen are cheating unsuspecting rural folk by selling them smuggled foreign-made toothpaste with fake labels of a popular local brand. 

The toothpaste has been found to be on sale in the popular tourist town of Batu Niah in Niah National Park, a rural district 120km south of Miri. 

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