| By Rosli Abidin
Yahya
UV ray detector machine is now installed in many establishments.
Photo: Zureena Abdullah
Many big supermarkets and
groceries in the country are now wary of fake currencies being
passed to them and have installed detectors near their cash
tillers.
A small grocery operator said
the shop had never been subjected to fake money in the past but
the wide media coverage on the occurrences of fake currencies
had forced them to adopt security measures.
"In the past we would just
expose the currency to light but we decided to install a
detector to ensure no fake money could be passed to us,"
said an operator. He said exposing currency to bright light
could sometimes annoy customers.
"Many customers did not
like the idea that they were suspects. So having a well-hidden
detector machine did the trick," he added.
Some even pasted Borneo
Bulletin cuttings on fake currencies on their walls - just to
warn prospective cheaters from doing so.
"By having the cuttings
pasted, potential cheaters might be put off. It is some sort of
psychological war," said a restaurant proprietor who did
not install a UV ray detector.
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