Melaka exco member: Batu Berendam wholesale market operating as normal


MELAKA: A video claiming that Batu Berendam wholesale market here has been sealed off following several positive cases of Covid-19 is fake news, says Melaka health and anti-drug committee chairman Rahmad Mariman.

He said a video of the market being cordoned off with tape and barriers by the Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ) went viral on social media on Friday (May 15).

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