Residents became wary upon seeing Health Ministry staff in PPE suits conducting contact tracing in Jalan Imbi area in Kuala Lumpur.
LAST week, a frantic resident called StarMetro requesting to verify news that her neighbourhood in Jalan Imbi and its surrounding areas of Jalan Khoo Teik Ee, Jalan Horley, Jalan Barat and Jalan Melati would be placed under lockdown.
Her concern was based on the assumption that the majority of residents of the 16 blocks of walk-up flats comprised Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar nationals working in the construction sector and businesses nearby.
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