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"Anxiety has begun to take shape when Malaysian employees not employed in essential services have been asked to take annual and unpaid leaves in the current period of restriction movement between March 18-31," said Kulasegaran in a statement today.

  • The key issue currently is not just the number of cases of Covid-19
  • but the level of disruption to the Malaysian
  • economy from containment measures disproportionately it could induce panic
  • the ability of businesses to sustain their operations after the period of losses.

"If restrictions are taken disproportionately it could induce panic and weaken the economy even further," said the Ipoh Barat MP who served as Human Resources minister in the Pakatan Harapan government which fell last month.

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