Government should engage shopkeepers, retailers of new laws,regulations

suppadmin | February 9, 2017

State Assemblyman for Piasau, Dato’ Sebastian Ting called on the government to engage and inform shopkeepers and retailers of new laws or regulations on prohibition of sales of certain goods before enforcing them.

Ting said this was not to create confusion and the raid should be done with prudence and sensitivity following raids on hardware shops and retail outlets in the state were conducted by enforcement officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) to check for paintbrushes made from pig or dog bristles.

The operations were carried out under the Trade Descriptions Order (Item Made of Any Part of Pig or Dog) 2013, which provides for punishment under Section 28 of the Trade Descriptions Act 2011.

This regulation requires items made from pig or dog parts to be placed separately from other items in a shop and clearly labelled as from porcine or canine origin.

The government should think of the interest of all people – the shopkeepers, consumers, our Muslim brethren, and others – and that is why it should engage and inform chambers of commerce, associations and the people before the law is enforced,” he said.