Durian treat gone thorny for deputy speaker


Mustafa K. Anuar

Police are investigating a possible breach of movement-control SOP by Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Rashid Hasnon by attending a durian feast in the Batu Pahat constituency recently. – Facebook pic, July 2, 2021.

IN the midst of the people’s #BenderaPutih movement scurrying to detect and help the vulnerable with food and other essentials, Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Rashid Hasnon found himself entangled in a prickly controversy of a durian feast.

Social media users accused him of flouting the standard operating procedure (SOP) of the movement-control order (MCO) because he was discovered in a video clip as having appeared in a gathering of durian eaters, which is prohibited by the very government he represents.


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