Company and director fined RM1.6mil total in 'meat cartel' case

JOHOR BARU: A frozen food supply company and its director implicated in the meat cartel scandal have been fined a total of RM1.6mil after pleading guilty at the Sessions Court here for offences under the Trade Descriptions Act.

The accused, Yong Chee Keong, 42, who represented LY Frozen Food Sdn Bhd, made the plea after 14 charges (seven each for Yong and the company) were read out in front of Sessions Court judge Fatimah Zahari on Wednesday (Feb 22).