Sugar hoarding: Taiping sundry shop operator faces up to RM1mil fine, three years' jail


IPOH: A sundry shop operator is facing action under the Control of Supplies Act 1961 which is a maximum fine of RM1mil or a maximum imprisonment of three years or both, for hoarding sugar.

Perak Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry director Datuk Kamalludin Ismail said the 11am raid at the sundry shop was conducted by an enforcement team from the ministry’s Taiping branch following complaints lodged by the public against the trader who was believed to be involved in hoarding and imposing conditions to buy sugar.

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