Optometry industry players have insisted they should be counted in the list of "essential industries" and have criticised the government for not allowing them to operate during the movement control order (MCO) period.
Several optometry practitioners told Malaysiakini that spectacles are essential items for many people's daily lives. Without them, many would "get into trouble".
Malaysian Association of Practising Opticians (Mapo) president Edmund Teng Cheok Hong shared with Malaysiakini that on just the first day of the MCO, a food delivery rider asked for help to adjust his spectacle frames.
The rider accidentally sat on his spectacles, bending the frames out of shape...