Melaka Domestic Trade Ministry foils attempt to misappropriate diesel worth RM21,500

Melaka Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs director Norena Jaafar (second, left) next to the tanks in one of the trucks used by the syndicate to store the subsidised diesel in.

MELAKA: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry Melaka has foiled an attempt to misappropriate 10,000 litres of diesel, worth RM21,5000 excluding government subsidy, in a raid at premises in the Krubong Industrial Area, here, on Sunday (May 29).

Its director, Norena Jaafar, said that during the 7pm raid, two men escaped by climbing over a fence behind the premises, which had been converted into an illegal store used to stock and transfer the misappropriated diesel.