Semco: Some Pudu residents not getting enough food, says report

KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): As a result of “conflicting policies”, some residents in Pudu under the semi-enhanced movement control order (Semco) to curb a Covid-19 cluster outbreak say they are not getting enough food for their daily needs, reported The Malaysian Insight today.

According to the report, residents in the upper floors of shop lots in Jalan Pudu and Jalan Landak “are not allowed to leave the cordoned area to buy food or go to the nearest bank”.

When the Semco was first imposed in the area on May 15, they were assured they can still move in and out of the area for valid reasons but it looks like it is not the case now.

Resident Ah Keong, 75, told the newsportal people in his building are “facing shortage of food”.

He said civil society groups have been providing precooked meals and food, “but it is only enough for two meals per day”.

“It’s just for lunch and dinner only. At times, the quantity is not sufficient.

“Can the government do something about this and send us more food?  Some of the residents here are elderly, like me,” he told The Malaysian Insight.

Another resident named Johnson told the newsportal the sudden enforcement of the Semco meant he had no time to “to get more canned food.”

“Suddenly around midnight, the police and army came and put up these wires and blocked the area.

“If they had informed residents earlier, I would have tried to stock up some canned food. I can’t cook in the place I rent because it is only a room.”

He revealed that was also not allowed by the police and soldiers to go out to buy food or to go to the ATM to withdraw money as he needs the cash to pay for delivered food.

“Earlier they said we can go out if we have valid reasons but now we can’t go out at all. The authorities are not allowing us to go out to buy food or get money. Aren’t these valid reasons?” Johnson explained.

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