is notably different from last year’s lockdown in that significantly more types of retailers have kept running.saw only retailers of essential goods remaining open, a wide array of stores — from furniture chain Ikea to jewellers such as Habib — all continue to receive walk-in patrons despite the directive for Malaysians to stay home amid a worsening Covid-19 pandemic.
This was made more curious by the fact that the National Security Council’s standard operating procedures state that up to two members of a household may leave their homes at any time to procure food, medicines, dietary supplements, and basic necessities within 10km of their address. contacted the police to clarify if the SOPs allowed for visits to retailers of products such as luxury goods that would not reasonably qualify as an essential good.
Sentul district police chief Assistant Commissioner Beh Eng Lai said it was acceptable to visit, for instance, a music equipment store within a 10km of one’s home if it could be shown that this was in the course of obtaining food, medicines or other basic necessities in the vicinity. A general view of the Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur January 14, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara
“They must show proof of them having purchased their essential items, and if while at the same time they decided to buy a new guitar, they can,” he told
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