Thursday, 16 Apr 2020 05:56 AM MYTA man looks out the window of his flat unit in Selangor Mansion, Kuala Lumpur April 11, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“It is a continuous effort by our organisation to provide for the people living in both locations. We want to ensure that they have enough food and provisions while the EMCO is in effect. Mydin’s first branch in the Klang Valley opened some 33 years ago in Jalan Masjid India. His small shop and subsequent hypermarket has become a go-to location for the local community to stock up on daily necessities and goods.
Over 10,000 residents living in the area has been affected by the move, including 6,000 in the Selangor and Malayan Mansion flats, 3,200 residents in City One Plaza, and nearly 1,000 more living in shophouses in the area. Last week, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the respective foreign embassies were responsible for the welfare of foreigners living in the two buildings and not Putrajaya, as with the other previous EMCO zones.