RM3 for every rat caught at Jinjang Utara market: DBKL

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Now hear this! City Hall (DBKL) wants to pay RM3 for every rat caught at the Jinjang Utara morning market until May 10.

But there is catch. DBKL will only accept live rats.

Kepong lawmaker Lim Lip Eng said the DBKL booth set up at the market from 9am to 11am currently only accepts live rats but The Star reported him saying that he is “writing in to request for dead rats to be accepted” as well.

"We would propose to DBKL to accept dead rats too. Otherwise, we are afraid that the programme will not be successful. If we have to catch the rats alive, our option to catch them is limited to using the traps," he said.

The daily reported that the Jinjang Utara market traders have requested for such a campaign to control the population of rats.

"I have seen rats that are as big as cats, and they are more active at dusk," said hawker Wong Keen Po.

He said the rat population has grown owing to the clogged drains.