KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) will step up monitoring and enforcement at the country’s borders to curb fuel smuggling following the rise in global oil prices due to the conflict in West Asia. Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said KPDN will intensify the implementation of Ops Tiris to ensure fuel supplies are not smuggled out to neighbouring countries. “Global oil prices have risen significantly now, exceeding US$100 (RM393) per barrel. Therefore, the risk of smuggling will remain as industrial prices will increase in line with market prices. “Besides that, when compared […]

BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has successfully cracked down on three subsidized cooking oil embezzlement activities through Ops Tiris 3.0 as a result of separate raids around Sungai Bakap and Pekan Darat, which began yesterday. State KPDN director S. Jegan said the first operation was carried out at 11.30am yesterday in Sungai Bakap, while two other raids in Pekan Darat and Butterworth were carried out at 10am today, as a result of intelligence and surveillance conducted by his department over the past month. He said his team seized various subsidized polybag cooking oil […]

PUTRAJAYA, April 25 — A nationwide crackdown under Ops Tiris has led to seizures of controlled goods worth over RM263 million, with 2,219 individuals arrested so far, according to Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Enforcement Director-General Azman Adam. He said the results reflect expanded enforcement efforts and stronger inter-agency cooperation. Expanded Scope Covers …