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New Sunday Times has learnt that the meat cartel would go to the extent of “bullying” competitors, especially Bumiputera importers.
The cartel would control the local meat import market and sabotage other importers by playing the numbers game in setting prices to ensure that Bumiputera companies suffered losses.
This happens when the cartel companies lower the prices of meat while their competitors are in the midst of obtaining frozen beef supply from overseas, even before the containers hit our shores.
It is learnt the meat cartel syndicates would trace information on the price and quantity of the meat from abattoirs.
Tuesday, 29 Dec 2020 04:14 PM MYT
A worker arranging imported frozen meat at a meat shop in Ipoh December 28, 2020. News of imported meat that was improperly sourced and passed off as halal recently made headlines. Picture by Farhan Najib
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 A number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today made police reports on the meat cartel scandal involving the importation of meat with dubious halal status.
Malaysia Muslim Halal Meat Importers Association president, Datuk Mohd Noor Ali Akbar said his association and the other NGOs urged the government to act fast in response to public concern over the issue.