Delay in DBKL approval causing losses, says shoplot owner

(From left) Yee and Kok at the shop sealed by DBKL.

A SHOPLOT owner in Kepong is losing months in potential rental as Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has not given permission for the shop to reopen after ordering its shutdown in August last year.

The shop was ordered to close on Aug 23 as the previous tenant — a barber — failed to renew his operating licence and had hired illegal foreign workers, in breach of Section 101(1)(v) of the Local Government Act 1976. The barber was also fined RM1,000.