00:00Some doctors claim they have been harassed by authorities for not displaying medicine prices at private clinics, as required by the Price Control Order 2025, says DAP's Dr. Bu Cheng Hao.
00:12Bu said enforcement officers from the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency and the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry have raided clinics, which he insists is unlawful.
00:21He said prescription medication falls under the Poison Act and Sales of Drugs Act, both of which are governed by the Health Ministry, not the Consumer Protection Act or the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011.
00:33Bu called the Price Control Order Altravires, saying the Domestic Trade Ministry has no authority over such pharmaceuticals.
00:40He added that he has written to the NPRA to challenge what he views as unlawful enforcement actions.
00:45Private practitioners had earlier demanded that they be removed from the purview of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act.
00:53While Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister, Armiza Muhammad Ali defended the order, citing Section 10 of the Act and past enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic,
01:01who said those applications were also improper and occurred under emergency rule.
