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a day ago
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Foreigner held for alleged cooking oil scam
Published on: Friday, August 08, 2025 Published on: Fri, Aug 08, 2025 By: Azmie Lim Text Size: The woman detained by police. LAHAD DATU: Police have arrested a foreigner for allegedly deceiving people into paying for subsidised cooking oil, and failing to deliver the purchased items. District Police Chief, ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said the woman was detained by the Commercial Crime Investigation Division following a report lodged by the victim. Advertisement He said the suspect's modus operandi was to sell the cooking oil wholesale at an attractive price. 'However, when she received the payment, she would use it to pay for her debt and failed to continue the cooking oil business with the victim. 'Preliminary investigation found that the suspect did not have the Scheduled Controlled Goods (CSA) licence from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN),' he said. Dzulbaharin said the suspect is currently in their custody for further investigation under Section 420 of the Penal Code. Advertisement Police urged members of the public to always be cautious while making any transaction especially involving subsidised items online or without license. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
3 days ago
- Daily Express
Woman held for cooking oil scam in Lahad Datu
Published on: Wednesday, August 06, 2025 Published on: Wed, Aug 06, 2025 By: Azmie Lim Text Size: The detained suspect. LAHAD DATU: A foreign woman has been arrested for allegedly cheating the public by collecting payments for subsidised cooking oil she never delivered. District police chief ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said she was detained by the district's Commercial Crime Investigation Division after a victim lodged a report. Advertisement The suspect had claimed to offer wholesale prices for cooking oil but used the money collected to settle personal debts instead. Initial checks also revealed that she did not hold a Scheduled Controlled Goods licence from the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry. She is being held for investigation under Section 420 of the Penal Code, and police have reminded the public to be wary of unlicensed sellers, especially when dealing with subsidised goods. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Barnama
21-07-2025
- Business
- Barnama
Subsidised Cooking Oil: KPDN Urged To Review Regulations, Improve SOP
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 (Bernama) -- Weaknesses have been identified in the implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the subsidised cooking oil programme based on the regulations and standard operating procedures (SOP) of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN). According to the 2025 Auditor-General's Report Series 2 tabled in the Dewan Rakyat today, these weaknesses include the sale of subsidised cooking oil beyond the permitted limit, open sales to all categories of consumers, and non-compliance with the Scheduled Controlled Goods (CSA) retail licence. Other shortcomings identified were prices of subsidised oil exceeding the set ceiling price, absence of SOPs for managing spoiled subsidised oil, and lack of halal certification. 'The current policy also does not specify that the distribution of cooking oil must be targeted at eligible and deserving groups, resulting in foreigners also benefiting from the government's cooking oil subsidy,' the report said. The audit also revealed that a total of 55,167 kilogrammes of subsidised cooking oil were sold to ineligible parties such as eateries, restaurants, vendors, and non-governmental organisations, which contravened paragraph 7.3.4(g) of the SOP under the Cooking Oil Price Stabilisation Scheme (COSS). In addition, 713,442 kg of cooking oil were found to have been sold above the purchase limit of three packets per transaction for each customer as stipulated in a KPDN letter dated July 21, 2022. The report also highlighted manipulation of sales information by wholesalers and retailers, involving discrepancies in transaction records in stock books for 13,124 kg of cooking oil. It also noted that subsidised cooking oil was sold at between RM2.60 and RM4.00 per packet, exceeding the controlled price of RM2.50. There was also no clear procedure for managing spoiled cooking oil or for controlling its sale, which led to two companies storing 942 kg of spoiled cooking oil for sale to used cooking oil traders, while 16 companies were involved in repackaging spoiled oil. 'Out of 72 packaging companies sampled, nine or 12.5 per cent did not possess halal certification, while six of them printed halal markings on cooking oil packaging despite lacking such certification,' the report said.
