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Minister moots app tracking what people buy to prevent subsidy abuse

The use of smartphone applications to record purchases of controlled goods has been proposed as one of the measures to monitor the distribution of subsidised goods, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi.

He said the government was still looking into the best possible method and several recommendations were given to prevent leakage in the wholesale purchase of goods including cooking oil in 1kg polybags in the market.

“One person is only allowed to buy two packets (cooking oil in polybag) but...

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