COMMENT | Enforcement, the Malaysian way, puts islands in jeopardy

COMMENT | A craving for Malaysian-style corn in a cup, drenched with condensed milk and swimming in cholesterol-laden Planta margarine had us literally chasing the corn seller down the road.

Note though, he was not running away from his customers but from municipal council enforcement officers.

It made us wonder, are the enforcement guys on their kapcai motorbikes missing the forest for the trees?

In a pandemic, as the B40 struggle to eke out a living, should the main concern be whether they have a license to operate? That is the problem with Malaysian-style enforcement – it’s all muscle but merely a performance fulfilment, meanwhile, the true problem remains under the plush Turkish carpet.

While we are locked up and lucked out on holiday options, the islands of Malaysia are busy healing themselves from our callous and careless ways...