Probe into tourist’s alleged RM120 haircut


KUALA LUMPUR: A foreign tourist’s allegation that he was charged RM120 for a haircut at a barber around Bukit Bintang here is being investigated, said Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub.

If the allegation is true, stern action will be taken against the barber as the matter violated the Price Control and Anti-profiteering Act 2011, he added.

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