Taiping eatery owner fined RM18,000 over halal cert offence
He had displayed decorations bearing the words ‘Allah’ and ‘Muhammad’ in his restaurant.
A restaurant owner in Taiping, Malaysia, was fined RM18,000 after pleading guilty to displaying Islamic terms on his premises without possessing a valid halal certificate. The Taiping sessions court handed down the sentence following a guilty plea from the accused, Seah Thien Lim, 43. The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living in Perak confirmed that the restaurant lacked proper halal certification.
Inspections by an enforcement team from the Taiping KPDN branch on January 1 found porcine DNA in soy sauce bottles, which is strictly forbidden in halal food. The restaurant's decorations included the words "Allah" and "Muhammad," both associated with Islam. These findings were corroborated by the Perak Islamic religious affairs department.
Prosecuting officer Nizam Yunan conducted the court proceedings, which were based on Section 4(1) of the Trade Descriptions (Definition of Halal) Order 2011.
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