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Pubs passing off home-made brews as premium liquor
By KULDEEP S. JESSY
KUALA LUMPUR: From the labels, a person could be duped into thinking they are famous liquor brands.
Beware. The brandy or premium whisky that you get at your favourite club or pub could be nothing more than a home-brewed concoction of mineral water, caramel and sub-quality liquor.
Enforcement officers from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry who raided a house in Taman Prima Impian in Segambut here believe some entertainment outlets in the Klang Valley may be serving this homemade liquor to their customers.
The enforcers seized 1,000 bottles of adulterated liquor that can fetch about RM50,000 for the producer from the house in the noon raid on Wednesday.
A 25-year-old man, believed to be involved in the illegal brewing, was arrested, and brewing equipment seized.
The ministry’s investigations unit director Rosley Abdullahz said the liquor, easily passed off as genuine, was being sold at entertainment outlets.
The unit had started to trace the nightclubs and pubs that had bought the cheap liquor, Rosley said, adding that the man had used the rented house as a brewery and store for about three months.
He said investigations showed that the suspect had been arrested and released on bail for committing a similar offence last year.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/19/nation/16608659&sec=nation
By KULDEEP S. JESSY
KUALA LUMPUR: From the labels, a person could be duped into thinking they are famous liquor brands.
Beware. The brandy or premium whisky that you get at your favourite club or pub could be nothing more than a home-brewed concoction of mineral water, caramel and sub-quality liquor.
Enforcement officers from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry who raided a house in Taman Prima Impian in Segambut here believe some entertainment outlets in the Klang Valley may be serving this homemade liquor to their customers.
The enforcers seized 1,000 bottles of adulterated liquor that can fetch about RM50,000 for the producer from the house in the noon raid on Wednesday.
A 25-year-old man, believed to be involved in the illegal brewing, was arrested, and brewing equipment seized.
The ministry’s investigations unit director Rosley Abdullahz said the liquor, easily passed off as genuine, was being sold at entertainment outlets.
The unit had started to trace the nightclubs and pubs that had bought the cheap liquor, Rosley said, adding that the man had used the rented house as a brewery and store for about three months.
He said investigations showed that the suspect had been arrested and released on bail for committing a similar offence last year.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/19/nation/16608659&sec=nation