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25 Sept 2007

BUKIT MERTAJAM: When Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry enforcement officers checked 261 gunnysacks of large red onions and garlic, they found the sacks lighter than the stated weight of 10kg.�

The reason, according to the wholesaler, was that �the onions and garlic had shrunk in size�.�

Enforcement chief Norashikin Abdul Hamid, who led a team of officers to a warehouse in Jalan Megat Harun here at 9.45am, did not buy the explanation and seized the gunnysacks.

�The weight difference in each 10kg gunny sack was more evident in the large red onions. They weighed from 8.35kg to 9.75kg,� she said.�

She said the 10kg gunnysacks of garlic weighed between 9.35kg and 9.9kg.�

�The 10kg gunnysack of large red onions or garlic is sold to grocers at RM15 each. If the grocers are short-changed, they might pass their loss to consumers,� she told reporters during the raid.�

She said the onions were sold at RM1.80 per kilo while the garlic went for RM3.50 to RM4 per kilo. Both are not price-controlled goods.�

�In the invoice to grocers, the wholesaler stated that that each gunnysack was 10kg but this was not the case.� she said. �

Also found in premises were 200 gunnysacks of Holland onions but they were �heavier� than the 10kg stated weight.�