Businesses trying to dupe authorities over MCO regulations


Bernard Saw

Some manufacturers falsify their particulars to trick the government into thinking they are essential businesses, says SME Association of Malaysia vice president Chin Chee Seong. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2021.

MANY small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) recently caught for violating the full lockdown regulations had tried to dupe the authorities into believing they were involved in essential services, said industry players.

These errant companies had also violated other restrictions such as increasing their manpower and not adhering to the 1m social distance rule.


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