ALOR SETAR: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry confiscated 100,000 packets of pre-mixed coffee with suspected counterfeit registered trademarks.
State director Muhammad Nizam Jamaludin stated that the raid was conducted on Monday (March 11) in collaboration with representatives of the trademark owner at a beverage processing and storage facility in the Mergong 2 Industrial Area.
"We seized 100,000 packets of pre-mixed coffee and a roll of plastic packaging bearing the suspected counterfeit trademark. The estimated value of the items is RM95,100," he said in a statement on Tuesday (March 12).
The case is being investigated under the Trademarks Act 2019, which is punishable by a fine of up to RM10,000 for each item used with the false registered trademark or imprisonment for up to three years or both for non-corporations for the first offence, he said.
He added that organisations or corporations are liable to a fine of up to RM15,000 for each item with the falsely registered trademark for the first offence and up to RM30,000 for subsequent offences. – Bernama
