KPKT said the decision was made at the National Security Council (MKN) special meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on June 18.

Following this, KPKT said community credit companies and moneylenders need to apply for permission to operate through the international trade and industry ministry (Miti) by accessing the ministry’s Covid-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0 portal effective today.

“The companies will only be allowed to operate after obtaining approval through the CIMS system,” KPKT said in a statement today.

For community credit companies in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, permission to operate must be referred to the relevant authorities, such as the Sabah state finance ministry, Sarawak state government departments and Labuan Corporation.

According to KPKT, several SOPs have been updated for the sector, including operating hours, while client meetings are limited from 9am to 5pm and only two customers are allowed at the premises at a time.

“Customers are encouraged to make an appointment to reduce the number of customers in queue, while only 60% of management and operations staff are allowed to be at the workplace,” said KPKT.

It added that the relevant parties are required to provide the MySejahtera QR Code and customer log book, and customers must check in via MySejahtera or manually in areas without internet access or for those without smartphones.

“Customers whose body temperature is above 37.5 degrees Celsius or show symptoms of a sore throat, cough, flu, shortness of breath are not allowed to enter the premises,” said KPKT.

The community credit companies must inform KPKT and refer to MKN SOPs or the health ministry if there are employees or customers who test positive for Covid-19.

For further inquiries, the public can contact the KPKT Community Credit Control Division at 03-8891 4695/ 4661/ 4659/ 4652/ 4721 for licensing matters and 03-8891 4690/ 4668/ 4658/ 4708 to lodge complaints.

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