Kanowit PKR engages legal team to help 50 hawkers left in the lurch after goods confiscated

A huge crowd gathers to watch enforcement officers take action against the hawkers..

SIBU: Kanowit PKR has engaged a team to provide legal advice team to 50 native hawkers who had their goods confiscated by the Kanowit District Council (KDC) on Thursday (May 2) for defying an order to relocate from the multi-purpose market to new premises in Jalan Bungalow here.

Its chairman George Chen said the legal team would find ways to help the traders who have been in a financial crisis due to the loss of income following the council's directive.