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This second study trip to China on April 16 was organised to provide Members an opportunity to explore the Chinese Direct Selling market and obtain updated information from the relevant Chinese authorities. During this visit, the delegation met with; Yang Hongcan, Director General of the Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Enforcement Bureau, State Administration for Industry […]

More than 135 participants including 12 government senior officers from the Direct Selling Unit and Enforcement Division, Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) plus the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), Ministry of Health (MOH) attended the DSAM Regulatory & Compliance Dialogue 2018 on March 20. NPRA went through the Variance Applications and Product […]

The DSAM Board visited three Member companies in the month of February. The purpose of these visits are to foster closer ties and have informal discussions on current Direct Selling matters. Representing the DSAM Board were President Datuk Tan Chong Guan, Honorary Secretary Khairuddin Yahya and Board Member Winston Chen.

DSAM paid a visit to His Excellency (HE) Sok Sopheak, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia and had a great exchange of information on Direct Selling namely on the factual differences between Direct Selling and illegal schemes. HE Sopheak is receptive to the idea of DSAM Members expanding into Cambodia and welcome the […]

DSAM is pleased to announce that the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) has ranked our Association as PLATINUM for 2017! This is the highest performance standard to be accorded by WFDSA and we share this accolade with only 5 other Direct Selling Associations (DSAs) – New Zealand, Australia, France, United States and Colombia. […]

Ethics Council Malaysia (ECM), an initiative of DSAM was launched by YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah Bin Zainudin, Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism on 21st March 2017. The role of ECM is to form a united front against pyramid schemes, illegal investment schemes and all other illegal schemes. ECM functions by Collaborating information on […]

DSAM participated in the World Federation of Direct Selling Association’s (WFDSA) delegation’s meeting with Trinh Anh Tuan, Vice Head of Vietnam Monopoly Authority, MOIT. The meeting was to present WFDSA and AmCham Vietnam Direct Selling Committee’s (AVDSC) feedback on the proposed amendment to Decree 42 on the Management of Multi-Level Marketing. The main points that […]

DSAM attended the '2016 International Symposium on the Regulated Development of Direct Selling in China' upon the invitation of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce, People's Republic of China (SAIC).

DSAM led ten Member companies to a successful Myanmar study trip from 28th November to 1st December 2016. The purpose of this trip was to gather information on the Myanmar Direct Selling industry and the entry procedures and regulations. The participating Members are Gano Excel, QNet, CNI, Zhulian, K-Link, NuSkin, DXN, Elken, PHHP and Totalife. […]

DSAM paid a courtesy visit to the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysia Police on 6th September 2016. This department, among others, oversees the activities of illegal scams, pyramid schemes, and other scams that often masquerade as legitimate Direct Selling. In the meeting, Head of the Intelligence / Operations Division, Senior Assistant Commissioner […]