RM1.6mil fine for using fake halal logo


Legal penalty: Yong (right) was fined RM100,000 while charges against Chong (centre) were dropped. The company, LY Frozen Food Sdn Bhd, was also fined RM1.5mil. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: A frozen food supply company and its director have been fined RM1.6mil after pleading guilty at the Sessions Court here to an offence committed three years ago under the Trade Descriptions Act 2011.

Yong Chee Keong, 42, who represented LY Frozen Food Sdn Bhd, made the plea after the 14 charges were read to him in front of Sessions judge Fatimah Zahari yesterday.

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