Going undercover against overcharging

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While the amount may mean little to the offending restaurants, the negative publicity generated from being compounded, including in social media, may make potential customers boycott such premises that are bent on profiteering.

Sabah Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living personnel went undercover and found complaints about the joint in social media to be true and issued a RM200 compound without hesitation. Dear Daily Express reader,Ever since 1963, before the formation of Malaysia, The Daily Express has kept the public well-informed as well as helped shape Sabah & Labuan's development for almost 60 years.

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