Authorities to check if foreigners moved out of PJ Old Town

Police and army personnel guarding a blocked-off part of Jalan Othman in Petaling Jaya Old Town. — Photos: AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

THE authorities will investigate Petaling Jaya Old Town residents’ claim that foreign workers moved out before the enhanced movement control order (MCO) was imposed.

The residents alleged that the workers had left their places of dwelling for fear of being detected by the authorities before the lockdown on Saturday midnight.