Spot check: (Left) Fuziah inspecting a packet of cooking oil during her visit to a repackaging factory at Kempas, Johor Baru. — THOMAS YONG/The Star
PETALING JAYA: A web of syndicates has been exposed for misappropriating subsidised cooking oil, repackaging it and selling it illegally as used or industrial-grade oil, reaping hefty profits by exploiting public subsidies.
Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Dr Fuziah Salleh said the groups had been buying one-kilogramme packets of subsidised cooking oil at RM2.50 each, then transferring the contents into drums and mixing it with low-grade or used oil.
