Overpriced face masks: Private hospital fined RM200k


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A private hospital has been imposed a compound of RM200,000 for selling three-ply face masks higher than the ceiling price, says the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

In a statement Thursday (May 22), it said the hospital was compounded for committing an offence under Section 11 of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011.

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