Shop assistant held for illegal song downloads

KULIM: A shop assistant has been detained for the illegal download of songs. He was caught during a raid by the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry.

An enforcement officer for the ministry, posing as customer, nabbed the shop assistant downloading songs and ringtones to a memory card at about 2pm on the day of the raid.

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