Allow Fisheries Board to buy directly from fisherfolk, says its chief

Allowing the Malaysian Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) to directly buy local fisherfolk’s daily catch will help to eliminate middle person controlling market prices.

LKIM chairperson Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal reportedly said the proposed move will be in line with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's intentions to wage war against intermediaries in the produce supply chain.

"They (middlemen) control the...