Criminalise act of mixing local rice with imported ones – MP
An MP has proposed that the government amend the Control of Paddy and Rice Act 1994 (Act 522) to allow legal action to be taken against those mixing local white rice with imported white rice.
Hassan Abdul Karim (Harapan-Pasir Gudang) said Act 522 was seen as lax because there was no legal provision in the law that stated the act (of mixing) as a criminal offence…
