Lai Cheng – Consumers Association Penang

THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU CLICK

Lai Cheng August 21, 2026 0 Comments

Cybercriminals thrive on creating urgency. Do not give them the upper hand. Always check links, ignore pressure tactics and safeguard your credentials. If your bank account is compromised, act immediately by calling your bank’s hotline or the National Scam Response Center at 997. Source: Bank Negara; Amaran Scam

AI IS NOT A “FRIEND”

Lai Cheng August 21, 2026 0 Comments

Dangerous to Ask AI Chatbots for Personal Advice, Study Finds Stanford computer scientists recently analysed nearly 400,000 AI chatbot messages. What they found is disturbing: AI chatbots aren't just polite – they are "sycophantic", meaning they will flatter you even when you're wrong or being harmful, the findings show. A surprising study from researchers at Stanford University has raised...

CAP Calls for Consumer Empowerment in the Clean Energy Transition

Lai Cheng August 19, 2026 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Government to consider introducing a regulated balcony solar programme in Malaysia to enable more households, particularly apartment residents and tenants, to participate in renewable energy generation and reduce their electricity bills. While rooftop solar has expanded in Malaysia, many consumers are unable to benefit because they live...

Expose the Malaysian “Epstein Class” Behind the Audacious Tabung Haji Scandal

Lai Cheng August 17, 2026 0 Comments

The revelations laid bare by the declassified Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on Lembaga Tabung Haji are not merely a tale of administrative failure or poor investment strategy. They expose an unconscionable, systemic, and calculated Criminal Breach of Trust. Tabung Haji was created as a sacred vessel - a noble development institution meant to manage the life savings of everyday...

TRUE CONTENTMENT

Lai Cheng August 17, 2026 0 Comments

The rich industrialist was horrified to find a fisherman lying comfortably beside his boat, soaking in the warm afternoon sun. "Why aren't you out fishing?" asked the industrialist. "I've caught enough fish for the day," said the fisherman. "Why don't you catch some more?" "What would I do with them?" "You could earn more money. Then you could have a motor fixed to your boat and go into deeper...

Move Your Body, Sharpen Your Mind

Lai Cheng August 17, 2026 0 Comments

Your brain wasn't designed to sit still for hours. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do isn't another task, another meeting, or another hour at your desk. It's a walk. A 15-min walk can do more for your brain than another hour at the desk. Research shows walking increases blood flow, oxygen, and BDNF - a ptotein that helps grow new brain cells and strengthen memory. It lowers stress...

IBAS Children’s Champions Award 2026

Lai Cheng August 14, 2026 0 Comments

Last year, news about the contamination of children’s toys in New Zealand and Australia reverberated around the world. Following the discoveries, campaigners in other countries began to look more closely at their supply chains and question whether children’s toys in their countries were similarly contaminated. CAP also raised the same alert in Malaysia. We wrote to the Malaysian authorities...

CAP Calls for the Removal of Excessively Coloured Papads from the Malaysian Market

Lai Cheng August 13, 2026 0 Comments

The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Health (MOH) to immediately investigate and remove from the Malaysian market any coloured papads found to contain excessive or prohibited artificial colouring agents that may pose a risk to public health. CAP’s call is in view of the recent action taken by the Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department in India, which ordered a ban on...

61 Organisations Submitted Feedback to the Department of Biosafety Objecting the Field Trial of GMO MR219 Rice

Lai Cheng August 11, 2026 0 Comments

We, representing a coalition of Malaysian organisations and groups comprising farmers, consumers and environmental interests, hereby express our objection to the application by Zen Cropscience Sdn. Bhd. for the release of the genetically modified (GM) rice of the MR219 variety at a confined field trial site in Kampung Kepayang, Perak. We submitted this formal objection to the Director General of...

CAP Raises Concern Over the Use of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest as a Dumping Ground

Lai Cheng August 10, 2026 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Municipal Council of Sungai Petani (MPSPK) and the Forestry Department to conduct an immediate investigation and take prompt enforcement action to address the issue of solid waste dumping at the Sungai Merbok Permanent Reserved Mangrove Forest in Kedah. A survey conducted by CAP along Sungai Merbok found that most of the disposed waste...

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