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Counterfeit Drill Syndicate Smashed in Malaysia
The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry smashed a syndicate from China, said to be singing a fake drill song worth around RM100,000. However, this is the second time round for this syndicate, the first raid was in Kota Kinabalu last week, when different members of the same syndicate were arrested.The Ministry's Deputy Director General of Enforcement, Zainal Abidin M.D Noordin said [the] men, aged between 17 and 42, entered the country as tourists but misused this status by undertaking business activities, with the hotel being their "warehouse" or "store". "Amongst the goods seized in the raid were, 500 fake 'Bosch' drills, Chinese currency worth RM100,000, and 10 cellular phones," he said at a press conference at his ministry today. "Last week, we caught three other Chinese nationals in Kota Kinabalu while they were selling the drills with the name 'Bosch' on them, and we recovered 50 drills in that raid," he said. He believes the syndicate hawks their goods at shops and also to individuals at lower prices than an original item would cost. All the Chinese citizens would be handed over to the immigration officials before being charged in a court of law soon. Meanwhile, Zainal said that together with Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Malaysian Recording Industry Association (MRIA), his ministry had hauled in roughly 2,800 computer software items and pirated CDs worth RM2.2 million on May 28. They will be charged under the Copyright Act 1987. Posted by: Pappy 2005-06-02 |
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