Ministry closing in on syndicate over illegal sale of subsidised cooking oil in Sandakan

Sandakan KPDNHEP enforcement chief Azdy John (left) and his men found hordes of 1kg cooking oil plastic packets during the raid of a store house at the 9th mile, Sandakan.

KOTA KINABALU: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry is hot on the heels of a syndicate that is believed to have profited millions of ringgit from the illegal sale of subsidised cooking oil in Sabah’s east coast Sandakan district.

The syndicate is believed to have been operating for about a year now, selling subsidised cooking oil to industrial consumers at a lower price compared to the RM7,600 per metric tonne industry rate which fluctuates according to the global price.