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LANGKAWI: Police Inspector General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador says the police will assist the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) with investigations into the meat import cartel case.
He said that the department had also opened several investigative documents on the subject based on reports submitted by various individuals and non-governmental organizations.
“This issue is related to trade, so the most relevant (authority) to investigate it is the KPDNHEP, but in the meantime, the police will investigate complaints that claim that there are cartels committing irregularities with respect to imported meat.
“If such activities are shown to exist and cause public concern, we will enforce the law,” he said at a press conference after the Khazanah Integrated Operations Meeting (OBK) here today.
However, he said police have made no arrests so far in connection with the case.
The issue of imported meat with questionable halal status recently heated up after the media managed to unravel the case, sparking public outrage.
At the OBK meeting chaired by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs), Abdul Hamid said that among the issues raised was the action against employers who had kongsi houses on the edge of the forest, allowing their foreign workers carry out wildlife capture activities.
“Some foreign workers take the opportunity to trap animals in the forest near the kongsi house, but we will crack down on the employer because they are responsible for ensuring that the workers do not commit such crimes,” he said.
Meanwhile, the director general of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan), Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim, said that by 2021, OBK law enforcement activities will focus on hunting areas in forest reserves, including Titiwangsa Range National Park, which has been identified as a protected area. area and natural habitat of the Malayan tiger.
He said there were hunters who set traps for wild boar, for example, but also affected other protected wild animals.
“So we want to focus on destroying the traps, especially the wire traps, mostly located at the edges of the forest, especially those near the Kongsi houses,” he said.
The Director General of Customs, Datuk Seri Abdul Latif Abdul Kadir, was also present at the press conference. -Called
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