One food station too many


An individual distributing food from his car as people start to queue up for the meal. Later, a DBKL officer arrives and tells them to go to the designated food distribution area.

AN OLD battered Nissan pulled up somewhere along Petaling Street in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.

What seemed like a daily routine unfolded as a middle-aged man stepped out of the car, opened the car boot and took out a foldable table, followed by packets of food and drinks.

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