MBSA: No compromise over abuse of power

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SHAH ALAM – The Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) will not compromise with any quarter including its personnel, in the event of abuse of power or issues over integrity.

MBSA deputy mayor Mohd Rashidi Ruslan said stern action would be taken against MBSA staff if they were found to have conducted activities that violated the regulations and law.

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“We will take action if the claim that our personnel have been biased (in enforcing the law) is true,” he told reporters after the launching of the state-level Prevention of Alcohol Consumption and Smoking in Public Parks Campaign here, today.

Mohd Rashidi said this in response to two videos with a duration of 13.28 minutes and 8.29 minutes, respectively, posted on the ‘Hot Burger Malaysia’ Facebook page and later went viral, which claimed that the MBSA Sungai Buloh branch personnel had been biased in carrying out enforcement duties.

In the videos, one of two burger stall owners expressed his dissatisfaction over MBSA’s action in seizing their stalls and claimed that the MBSA did not take the same action on gambling premises and those selling contraband cigarettes in the area.

Mohd Rashidi also advised the public to lodge their complaint on misconducts by MBSA employees through email at [email protected] or call 03-55105133.

At the same time, he said MBSA was prepared to co-operate with the police to investigate the allegations of the existence of gambling premises in the area.

The media reported today that Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador had given his assurance that fast action would be taken to combat gambling, selling of contraband cigarettes and illegal businesses by foreigners in Sungai Buloh, following the allegations in the two videos.

Meanwhile, Mohd Rashidi explained that the burger stalls were seized as the owners had ignored MBSA’s warning to properly store their business equipment which had disrupted traffic in the area.

“The MBSA had seized the burger stalls twice in a two-months period, but they still committed the same offence,” he said.

He added that the traders were found to have extended their operating hours until after midnight, which exceeded the permissible operation hours as stated in the standard operating procedures of the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO).

— BERNAMA

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