KOTA KINABALU: The Sessions Court on Thursday (March 23) slapped a shop owner here with a RM3,500 fine after slimming products that contained a chemical that was banned in Malaysia was found in his possession.
Munavar Abd Majeed, 55, pleaded guilty before Sessions Court judge Elsie Primus to a charge under Section 13 of the Poisons Act 1952 for having the product"Choco Fit" which contained sibutramine.
Sibutramine is an appetite suppressant classified under Group B in the First Schedule of the Poisons Act 1952. It can only, under the law, be dispensed by licensed personnel. The accused faces a maximum fine of RM3,500 or jail time up to a year, or both, if found guilty under Section 13 of the Poisons Act 1952 and punishable under Section 32 of the same Act.
State Pharmacy Department assistant director Andrew Roy Pereira in his response, however, asked the court to impose a more appropriate sentence so as to serve a lesson to Munavar.
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