COMMENT | Last Tuesday (May 4), the government announced (among others) the imposition of a movement control order (MCO) in six districts in Selangor. These six districts surround Kuala Lumpur which is part of a federal territory that will not be subject to the MCO.

It was to be implemented at one minute past midnight on Thursday and includes a ban on outdoor activities and the closure of businesses except those offering essential services etc.

If it is not ironic, it is comical for a person staying in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur to not be able to walk across to Damansara Utama in Petaling Jaya for shopping. Or for someone staying along Jalan Ipoh being unable to get past the demarcated boundary further up the same road to pack his favourite meal.

The scorn poured on the authorities on social media was overwhelming and overpowering. Joining in the chorus of protests were MPs Hannah Yeoh and Ong Kian Ming, whose constituents were affected by this ridiculous decision.

But Yeoh’s tweet about the predicament of residents on either side of the road was met with a ...