LANGKAWI, Dec 17 – The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK) will continue to check hotel and restaurant operators that impose service charge but did not display notice on the matter. Kedah KPDNKK Anti-Profiteering Unit head, Ariffin Muslim today said parties convicted of not displaying such notices could be fined of up to RM500,000 for the companies or RM100,000 for individual owners.
“Yesterday, we compounded two premises in Kuah (Langkawi) which imposed service charge and did not display notices to inform their customers,” he told reporters after heading an anti-profiteering inspection operation here with Langkawi KPDNKK deputy head, Tarmezy Mohamad and officers from Alor Setar and Langkawi KPDNKK.
According to Ariffin, six premises in Alor Setar were compounded for failing to display service charge notice as required under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering (Marking of Service Charge for Hotel and Restaurant) Order 2015. Meanwhile, Ariffin said 130,037 business premises in Kedah were inspected by KPDNKK since January and from the total, 14,486 premises were in Langkawi.
From the inspections, KPDNKK had been seized the goods worth RM84,343 for various offences and issued RM94,100 of compounds. In the same period, he also said that there were also 149 notices were issued and we have identified four cases for profiteering.
