Reader’s Digest Fails to Award Prize to M’sian Contest Winner

JOHOR BARU, 5 JULY, 2011: A technician's hopes of going on a free trip to Europe after winning a Reader's Digest competition were dashed when the magazine failed to award him the prize.

Zul Iskandar Kasan, 30, claimed he bought RM7,500 worth of books and CDs from the company as a requirement to enter the competition.

“I received a letter from the magazine along with a catalogue asking me to order some of the items to win attractive prizes, including an all-expenses paid trip to Europe.

“I was lured by the attractive prizes and I bought the books and CDs to win them,” he told the Consumer Claims Tribunal here.

Zul Iskandar said he received several letters informing him that he had won a travel package to Europe, more than RM100,000 cash and other prizes.

“When I did not see my name printed in the magazine's winners' list, I tried calling them a few times demanding an explanation,” he said.

Tribunal president Siti Naaishah Hambali ordered Reader's Digest to refund RM6,600 to Zul Iskandar within 14 days of the award being served on Reader's Digest in Kuala Lumpur.