Control durian prices, save buyers from being cheated - PPMM

Every time durian is in season, one will hear complaints by buyers over being cheated into paying exorbitant prices for the "king of fruits" with unsatisfactory quality.

It is more frustrating when only upon reaching home do they realise the purchased durians are not yet ripe, rotten or tasteless.

Malay Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPMM) president Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd) Che Hassan Che Johan said it is high time for the government to introduce a ceiling price for durian clones according to their grades.

“For instance, the Musang King durian, it has grade A, B and C. The ceiling price should be set based on the grades and action should be taken against traders selling it higher than the price set,” he told Bernama.

He said this when asked to comment on a media report about durian traders who price the fruit according to the car model that their customers arrive in.

Che Hassan said the excuse given by some quarters that the durian price could not be controlled as the fruit is seasonal is not reasonable anymore.

He advised buyers to bring containers and ask sellers to open the fruits on-site so that they would not be duped into buying inedible fruits.

- Bernama