Domestic Trade Ministry thwarts suspected diesel embezzlement in Perak

IPOH: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry's Perak branch has cracked down on subsidised diesel embezzlement activities following a raid on a premises at a sand mining area in Chenderiang on Tuesday (Feb 21).

Its director Datuk Kamalludin Ismail said checks found nine 1,800-litre drum barrels containing petrol suspected to be diesel valued at RM4,820, and a 40-year-old woman suspected to be the premises owner has given her statement.