{"id":730361,"date":"2026-04-15T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/730361\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:06:17","slug":"shop-manager-fined-rm3000-for-selling-medicine-without-prescription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/730361\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop manager fined RM3,000 for selling medicine without prescription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"912\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"html-img h-auto w-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/758fc9b9-medicine-tablet-ubat-kkm-resize-150426.webp.jpeg\"\/>Hui Jun Seng was found to have sold a box of \u2018Hovasc 10mg\u2019, which was confirmed to contain amlodipine, a product that needs a prescription from a registered medical practitioner.<br \/>\nPETALING JAYA: A shop manager was fined RM3,000 by the Kota Kinabalu sessions court today for selling a product containing a controlled substance in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Hui Jun Seng, 34, pleaded guilty to the charge before judge Zaini Fishir, the Daily Express reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">The offence was committed on Feb 14, 2024, at Public Chemist (Sabah) Sdn Bhd on Jalan Pantai, Kota Kinabalu, where Hui sold the product without a prescription from a registered medical practitioner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Hui was found to have sold a box labelled \u201cHovasc 10mg\u201d containing 10 white tablets, which were confirmed to contain amlodipine, a poison listed under the First Schedule of the Poisons Act 1952.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">The medicine is usually prescribed to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Hui was charged under Section 21(1)(c) of the Poisons Act for selling controlled medicine without a prescription from a registered medical practitioner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">The offence carries a fine of up to RM3,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hui Jun Seng was found to have sold a box of \u2018Hovasc 10mg\u2019, which was confirmed to contain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":730362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[34],"tags":[276168,79123,9223,31697,210,1060,38389,3535,121024,25883,46953,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-730361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-amlodipine","tag-controlled","tag-doctor","tag-fine","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-poison","tag-prescription","tag-sabah","tag-substance","tag-tablets","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116410292945185832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}