Electricity and piped gas thieves beware


PUTRAJAYA: The Energy Com­mission has stepped up enforcement under the Electricity Supply Act and Gas Supply Act with 12 prosecutions this year.

These cases involve aggregate fines totalling RM200,140 for ­various violations, including electricity theft, illegal modification of installations resulting in a fatality, possessing unlabelled electrical equipment for sale and conducting activities using gas without a licence, it said.

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