THE Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry and the Communications and Digital Ministry will hold a meeting today (May 22) to resolve the issue of Coldplay tickets being sold by scalpers for exorbitant prices.
According to Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, enforcement officials will also be attending the meeting later in the evening.
“We will evaluate the situation. If the issue is found to be under the Comms Ministry’s jurisdiction, we will leave it to them,” he was reported as saying during a press conference at Parliament earlier today.
“If the Communications Ministry says it relates more towards consumer rights, our ministry will use the Consumer Protection Act.”
He said the ministry had also yet to receive any official complaints regarding the matter. “We have, however, heard of these cases on both social and mainstream media,” he acknowledged.
On Saturday (May 20), the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry said those who suspect elements of fraud in the sale of tickets for the Coldplay concert should file a complaint.
This was to enable investigations to be carried out under any of the laws enforced by related ministries, it said in a statement, adding that traders should also be more ethical in their transactions and avoid breaching laws.
As Coldplay concert tickets sold within the first three hours, scalpers have rose to the occasion to offer tickets as high as RM43,000 each on an online marketplace.
The popular British band, in its first concert in Malaysia, will be performing at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 22 as part of its “Music Of The Spheres World Tour”. – May 22, 2023
