ALOR SETAR: The implementation of the ‘Op Beras Putih Tempatan’ (Op BPT) by the government to combat irregularities in the sale of rice by changing the packaging or label of local white rice to imported white rice, is seen as protecting the people from being cheated.
Describing the move as a double-edged strategy, farmers and rice growers’ associations in the state also view the government’s good move as protection of their welfare, from being cheated by wholesalers.
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