Segi Enam principal Khor Yu Leng recently went on BFM to discuss about reports that some companies are slipping past the “essential sectors only” rule, enforced as part of Malaysia’s third lockdown, via approval letters purportedly issued by the International Trade and Industries Ministry (MITI). Given the rising public tension with regard to how the government is managing the coronavirus pandemic, this issue is unsurprisingly quite a heated one. Click on the following link to listen to the podcast: Non-essential Companies Reportedly Getting MITI Approval
As we go through MCO 3.0, there have been reports of non-essential companies that seem to have received permission from MITI to remain open and operate. We discuss why this might be happening, and how the vetting process can be improved.
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