Company and director fined RM1.6mil total in 'meat cartel' case

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JOHOR BARU: A frozen food supply company and its director implicated in the meat cartel scandal have been fined a total of RM1.6mil after pleading guilty at the Sessions Court here for offences under the Trade Descriptions Act.

The accused, Yong Chee Keong, 42, who represented LY Frozen Food Sdn Bhd, made the plea after 14 charges were read out in front of Sessions Court judge Fatimah Zahari on Wednesday .

Another company director still at large – Tan Siew Huak, 44 – was discharged not amounting to an acquittal. All were also charged with offering the products for sale using the labels of GBP Australia Pty Ltd and Ararat Meat Exports Pty Ltd with the Australian Halal logo to indicate that the food can be consumed by Muslims, in a manner contrary to Paragraph 4 of the Trade Description Order 2011.

All the offences were alleged to have been committed at 663 Jalan Idaman 3/4, Taman Perindustrian Desa Idaman, Senai on Dec 1, 2020, at about 3.30pm.

 

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