Shop owner fined for possessing slimming products containing banned appetite suppressant in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: The Sessions Court on Thursday (March 23) slapped a shop owner here with a RM3,500 fine after slimming products that contained a chemical that was banned in Malaysia was found in his possession.

Munavar Abd Majeed, 55, pleaded guilty before Sessions Court judge Elsie Primus to a charge under Section 13(a) of the Poisons Act 1952 for having the product "Choco Fit" which contained sibutramine.

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