SHAH ALAM - A well-known supermarket premises will be first brought to court under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 as beans okra raise prices more than 50 percent, four months ago.
Deputy Director of Enforcement of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (Ministry), Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman, said the supermarket located in Bangi it will face charges under Section 14 (1) of the act.
He added, it detects the increase in the price of vegetables is the result of complaints from the public and find a supermarket owner has raised the price of cabbage on around January.
He said the allegations were made following a detailed inspection which showed the price of oil had increased from RM12 per kg, which set market prices to RM18.60.
"The owner of the supermarket will be charged on Tuesday because of profit of RM6.60, higher than the margin should be," he said when contacted here today.
According to him, the owner of the premises upon conviction may be fined under Section 18 (a) of the same Act which is a fine not exceeding RM500,000 for the first offense and not more than RM1 million for the second offense.
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