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CAN YOU BUY OR SELL THINGS ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM?
YES, BUT IT’S ILLEGAL! Unless you are registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia.
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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
Banning sales on Facebook, Instagram will hurt incomes, say online traders
The Malaysian Insider – Fri, Dec 19, 2014
For Ruby Subramaniam, social media is the only way she can viably market her creative products without the burden of paying overheads.
So news of Putrajaya’s move to regulate the sale of items on social media has surprised her as well as other budding business owners, who say it will dampen both their incomes from such sales as well as their entrepreneurial spirit.
Ruby, a freelance artist and digital marketer, said she depended on social media networks and online applications such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to promote and sell her doodle art pieces, to supplement her income.
She said social media was also useful for her to promote her work and interact with interested buyers regionally and internationally.
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She said the nature of the Internet was such that when attempts were made to suppress it, users would always look for other platforms and loopholes to continue to operate.
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A 28-year-old Kuala Lumpur-based journalist who declined to be named felt it was not necessary for small businesses like hers to be registered, saying it was a needless hassle.
She said she only made about RM150 a month selling women’s clothes, bags and beauty products on Instagram and Carousell, a small business she started two years ago.
“So why should I register,” she said.
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PKR’s Hizwani, however, has questioned whether the move was a ploy by the government to earn more in additional taxes.
He said mandatory registration would also harm people like students and housewives who were trying to boost incomes in an already tough economic climate.
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The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism ministry has declared that any one selling items online directly via Facebook or Instagram must register themselves with the Companies Commission of Malaysia, else such sale is deemed illegal.
Buying and selling products online via Facebook or Instagram is now illegal unless one is registered to carry out such transactions with the Companies Commission in the country. – Reuters pic, December 17, 2014.http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/selling-items-on-fb-or-instagram-illegal-says-deputy-minister
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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
Selling items on FB or Instagram illegal, says deputy minister
The Malaysian Insider – 13 hours ago
The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism ministry has declared that any one selling items online directly via Facebook or Instagram must , else such sale is deemed illegal.
Responding to a question in the Dewan Negara today, its deputy minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said such online traders must register themselves so as to protect consumers from being cheated or exploited by the traders, Bernama reported today.
“Under the new Consumer Protection Regulations (Online Commerce Transactions) 2012, online traders must display the name of their business, business/company registration number, email address and telephone number on their Facebook or Instagram,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
Ahmad was speaking during the winding-up debate on Control of Supplies (Amendment) Bill 2014) at the Dewan Negara.
https://my.news.yahoo.com/selling-items-fb-instagram-illegal-says-deputy-minister-122138821.html
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