Up to five per cent of medicines in Malaysia are fake - EMHN

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has a fake medicine prevalence of roughly three to five per cent of all medicine in the country's circulation, according to an article by Emerging Markets Health Network (EMHN).

Busy hawkers fooled by fake RM50 notes

Posted on July 2, 2013, Tuesday

ILL LUCK: Vong (right) and Ho showing the counterfeit RM50 they have received from customers. — Photo by Chin Tze Pin

KUCHING: Beware of counterfeit RM50 notes in circulation here.

Several hawkers, including Kuching City South Hawkers and Petty Traders Association secretary Vong Wei Liang and Youth chief Ho Kui Ping, have fallen victims.

Consumers Need to Know Their Rights

As more and more companies employ slick marketing gimmicks and sales tactics, the chances of a consumer getting duped is pretty high. In just one visit to consumer blogs or websites like The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) and the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM), you will be able to find scores of complaints of fraud like credit card fraud, direct selling, misleading advertisements, scratch and win scams and fake products. Although these websites are becoming popular among consumers as the best platform for  sharing information and airing their grievances, a majority of consumers are yet to voice out. They prefer keeping quiet and refuse to lodge complaints even after realizing that they have been duped by marketing tricks or have bought faulty products.

RM80,000 fake Louis Vuitton goods seized

by Chok Sim Yee. Posted on June 15, 2013, Saturday

KOTA KINABALU: Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry branch office here seized more than RM80,000 worth of what are believed to be counterfeit Louis Vuitton goods from nine premises in the city.

Study: Fake drugs a growing problem in M'sia

Written by Stephanie Sta Maria of fz.com

Thursday, 14 February 2013 10:23

PETALING JAYA: A newly released study by an independent think tank that looks into the problem of

fake medicine in Asia, has revealed that 5% of the medicines in Malaysia are counterfeit.

Though the study by Emerging Markets Health Network (EMHN) showed that Malaysia’s fake medicine

prevalence was low when compared to its Asean neighbours, it is a growing problem that must be tackled

earnestly.

How to manage your cash?

Cash is king, so they say. True. But how do we make cash king? What are the simple fundamentals when it comes to dealing with cash? KASH WONG offers a simple way to teach us using the K.A.S.H. acronym.

Chocolate Wars, Belgium Chocolatiers Intent on Stamping out Impostors

The champagne of chocolates determined to maintain quality and market

by Perviz Walji on June 8, 2013.

Belgium chocolatiers are intent on stamping out impostors.

Chocolate makers in Belgium are engaged in a bitter crusade against chocolatiers in foreign countries that are threatening that country’s celebrated chocolates by selling inferior products that claim to be Belgium-made.