Barbed wire around Pudu for Covid-19 screenings, not EMCO: Police

KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Pudu was cordoned off early this morning as authorities upped Covid-19 screening efforts in the area, the Malay Mail reported today.

The report said barbed wire fencing was being set up by Armed Forces personnel as early as 3am at surrounding areas across Hotel Pudu Plaza, similar to recent efforts at the nearby Jalan Raja Bot wet market in Chow Kit.

According to the Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim confirmed the area was cordoned off, but said it was not under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO).

“It is not a lockdown but an exercise to ‘empower’ the movement control order (MCO),” Mazlan clarified to reporters this morning via text messages.

“It’s not an EMCO or tightening of the MCO. It’s just similar to what we did at the Jalan Raja Bot wet market in Chow Kit,” he further clarified.

The Malay Mail said the market along Jalan Raja Bot in Kuala Lumpur had recently been ordered to close for two weeks by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

The market was closed till last Wednesday for sanitisation while the MOH conducted screenings on all market workers. 

Pudu is known as a magnet for crowds due to its proximity to Bukit Bintang and Chinatown as well as the high number of shops and schools in the area.

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