With state polls looming, is MPKB under pressure to act against non-Muslim shop operators, asks Kelantan MCA


  • Letters
  • Monday, 17 Jul 2023

IT is not even one month since outrage erupted over the Kota Baru Municipal Council (MPKB) slapping a summons against a non-Muslim boutique operator for purported “indecent clothing” as she wore short pants within her own commercial premises.

The local authority once again finds itself in controversy after issuing summons against a hair salon operator for allowing its female staff member to cut the hair of a male client.

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