KUALA LUMPUR: The safety of children is more important than profits, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, in justifying the ministry's ban on the supply and sale of “crystal ball” seed-growing kits.
Acknowledging that businesses will suffer a loss as they had to dispose of the banned items, he said it was more important that “not even one child's life is lost”.
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