‘The beach suddenly turned quiet’


Away from society: Azlan (right) chatting with a visitor at one of the shacks in Monkey Beach while Honey rests on a bench. — LO TERN CHERN/The Star

BALIK PULAU: A hermit living in Monkey Beach near here was not aware the country implemented a movement control order (MCO) on March 18 until he went to Teluk Bahang to get supplies a month later.

The only inkling he had of something amiss was that no one was heading to Monkey Beach, a popular tourist spot in the northwest corner of Penang island that can only be reached on foot or by boat.

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