Kelantan MCA: Ruling on night market can affect people’s livelihoods

Meeting point: Pasar malam, or night markets, are popular with locals and tourists alike, with stalls selling a range of wares.

PETALING JAYA: The ruling to compel night market traders, including non-Muslims, in Kelantan to cease business during maghrib prayers is inconvenient to traders and consumers, said Kelantan MCA state liaison committee secretary Datuk Lua Choon Hann.

The requirement did not take into account the long-term effects on the local economy, people’s livelihoods and the “erosion of non-Muslim rights”, he added.