Meat cartel: the price of corruption?

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On Dec 21 and 22, 2020, a local newspaper published several exposes about a ‘meat cartel’ that specialises in importing meat into Malaysia. According to the reports, the cartel has been in operation for more than 40 years.The cartel would bring non-certified meat into Malaysia and pass it off as halal-certified products. Among the stock they bring in are kangaroo meat, horse meat, beef of poor quality, or even meat from diseased animals.The cartel allegedly worked with several officers from government agencies to bring in the meat into this country as halal-certified meat. The officers would be bribed with money and even sex in order for the cartel to continue to operate.Quoting from the reports, “…the process began abroad, where government agency officers entrusted with supervising the quality of the meat at the slaughterhouses would sign off on the products whether or not th…