Security forces rolling out barbed wire at PJ Old Town
- UPDATED to include statements by Bukit Gasing assemblyperson Rajiv Rishyakaran.
CORONAVIRUS | Security forces are rolling out barbed wire fencing in Petaling Jaya Old Town near the local wet market at Jalan Othman.
A police officer Malaysiakini spoke to indicated that there would be road closures and layered roadblocks around the area as well.
The areas affected as of writing, are the market, and Seksyen 2 and Seksyen 4 of PJ Old Town.
It is unclear whether the area will be placed under enhanced movement control order...
- UPDATED to include statements by Bukit Gasing assemblyperson Rajiv Rishyakaran.
| Security forces are rolling out barbed wire fencing in Petaling Jaya Old Town near the local wet market at Jalan Othman.
A police officer Malaysiakini spoke to indicated that there would be road closures and layered roadblocks around the area as well.
The areas affected as of writing, are the market, and Seksyen 2 and Seksyen 4 of PJ Old Town.
Previously the PJ Old Town market had been closed in late April after a trader tested positive for Covid-19, which was linked to the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market cluster.
Targeted testing was then carried out, turning up 23 positive cases linked to the PJ Old Town market as of May 5 according to the Health Ministry.
It is unclear whether the area will be placed under an enhanced movement control order (MCO).
Petaling Jaya police chief Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal, who was on site, declined to give details to the media when approached.
When contacted, the National Security Centre hotline said an announcement would be made later today if the area is under lockdown.
Previously the authorities had set up barbed wire barricades to place two areas in Selayang and one in Chow Kit, without declaring it enhanced MCO zones.
"In certain areas, we strengthen control administratively," Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had said.
More than 100 police and armed forces personnel were observed to be taking part in the operation in Petaling Jaya.
Some personnel were seen knocking on doors of local residents while the security barriers were being set up.
Meanwhile, Bukit Gasing assemblyperson Rajiv Rishyakaran said he has yet to hear from the government on the nature of the lockdown order at PJ Old Town.
In the meantime, he told Malaysiakini he was working with the Welfare Department to get food packs to residents there under his constituency.
He said aside from Bukit Gasing, the Taman Medan state constituency is also affected.
Additional reporting by Aidila Razak
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