DBKL, in a statement today, said any permission for a business to operate is subject to the decisions and instructions issued by the National Security Council (MKN).

“Such business activities that are allowed to operate are wholesale markets, hawker centres, built/covered markets, roadside stalls, bazaars, locked kiosks/stalls, food trucks, travelling hawkers and holders of temporary permits, limited-time operation licences and KL Prihatin temporary licences.

“Open morning markets are the same as night markets or farmers’ markets, which are not allowed by the government to operate (during MCO 3.0),” said the statement.

DBKL said every business that is allowed to operate must comply with the stipulated Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOPs).

“To date, DBKL has been monitoring these locations and 22 compound notices have been issued against premises that did not comply with the set SOPs,” the statement added.

On June 9, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok had claimed that there were double standards by DBKL in allowing markets to operate during MCO 3.0 after receiving complaints from open morning market hawkers who were instructed to stop operations during the total lockdown.

MCO 3.0 was initially scheduled from June 1 to 14 but has since been extended until June 28.