The government has denied that foreigners living around the Selayang wholesale markets are ‘on the brink of starvation’.
“We are not touching any taxpayers’ money,” he said during a visit to the areas under enforced movement control order today. The areas around the wholesale market are the third location in the city centre under lockdown, after Menara City One at Jalan Dang Wangi, and the Selangor Mansion and Malayan Mansion off Jalan Masjid India.Annuar said Malaysians in Selayang affected by the lockdown would be given raw food supplies so they can cook, especially in the coming fasting month.
“JKM will distribute the food pack for Malaysians while the civil defence personnel will arrange and hand out food items to the foreigners,” he said.