Socso denies dress code at its Penang office


Issue under investigation: Socso was taken to task on whether security guards had been given the authority to enforce dress code after a female customer was stopped from entering its office in Jalan Burmah, George Town. — Photo from social media

PETALING JAYA: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) says it has not issued any order to bar visitors from entering its Penang office because of their dressing.

It was responding to an incident on Wednesday when a woman was stopped from entering its office in Jalan Burmah here by a Rela member for “indecent dressing.”

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