In a bind over lockdown red tape


Feeding the public: Restaurant owners were told they would have to get approval to open during the MCO period. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Indian-Muslim restaurant operators are up in arms against a ruling requiring them to apply for approval to keep their businesses open under the ongoing lockdown.

They complained that the application had to be done through the one-stop centre manned by the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti).

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