Semenyih supermarket raided over conditions to buy cooking oil packets
KPDN director-general (enforcement) Azman Adam says customers were asked to buy other items worth RM300 before being eligible to buy the cooking oil.
A supermarket in Semenyih was raided by enforcement officers from the domestic trade and cost of living ministry after consumers complained about conditions for purchasing 1kg packets of subsidized cooking oil. The concern was that buyers of 17kg boxes of the oil were required to make additional purchases totaling at least RM300 at the same store.
An undercover test purchase confirmed the validity of the complaint, with the undercover officer required to spend RM303.65 before being allowed to buy the oil for RM42.50. This investigative effort is being handled under Section 19 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961, which targets the imposition of conditions on the sale of controlled goods.
KPDN has issued a warning to all traders against unauthorized purchase conditions on controlled goods.
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