Subsidised cooking oil sold as prayer oil with 228% markup, group claims

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The Penang Hindu Association calls on the domestic trade and cost of living ministry to act on the sale of subsided cooking oil at inflated prices.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/06/26/subsidised-cooking-oil-sold-as-prayer-oil-with-228-markup-group-claims  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #PHA #Subsidy #CookingOil #KPDN

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00:00The Pining Hindu Association has raised concerns over the misuse of subsidized cooking oil

00:07by suppliers who repackage and resell it as prayer oil at inflated prices.

00:15In the statement, the group said subsidized cooking oil, which retails at RM2.50 per liter,

00:22was being repurposed and sold as prayer oil at RM8.20 per liter or more,

00:28a profit margin of over 228%.

00:32It's said the issue was not new, as domestic trade and cost-of-living ministry officers

00:39had caught traders engaged in similar practices before.

00:44In January, for instance, a Johor man was caught by the ministry's officers

00:49repacking 5,100 bottles of subsidized cooking oil as prayer oil.

00:54PHA urged the ministry to intensify its monitoring efforts

01:00and conduct thorough inspections of the sourcing and pricing of prayer oil

01:05sold at temples and retail outlets.

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