COMMENT | In 2016, the Shah Alam Sessions Court fined a restaurant chain’s chief executive officer RM45,000 for profiteering.

He was charged with, among others, raising the price of the Pepsi drink at the Secret Recipe Cakes and Cafe, Subang Parade branch, Subang Jaya, from RM4 to RM5, based on the price tag exhibited.

There was no trial per se, so the law on profiteering could be...