facebook logoMalaysia has not had a good year in 2014, and while there is still a fortnight left to go before 2014 clocks out for good, is there any more room for the situation to get any worse (or hilarious, if you are an independent observer)? Perhaps, as we have just received word that the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry declared that whoever sells items online through Facebook or Instagram to another individual would have performed an illegal act – unless they register themselves with the Companies Commission of Malaysia.

Good luck trying to regulate or enforce this ideology. Just how the heck is an entire ministry able to keep track what is being advertised by the millions of Facebook users over here in Malaysia, and can they prove that a sale has been made? Facebook and Instagram are decent platforms for the masses to take advantage of when it comes to communicating with one another, and I don’t see anything wrong with conducting personal transactions with items that are clearly not illegal (drugs and firearms notwithstanding, of course).

Deputy minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah mentioned, “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.”

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