Malaysia Covid-19 lockdown

Businesses decry 'unfair' rules as curbs set to continue

Some say govt exclusions on forced closures arbitrarily determine winners and losers

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Entrepreneur Paul Tan, whose eponymous website is Malaysia's top motoring portal, has been using Wi-Fi for calls on his mobile phone since a lockdown was imposed at the start of the month.
But this is not because he has not been paying his bill. "The banks call non-stop, threatening to increase interest to 'default rate', which is 2 percentage points higher," said Mr Tan.
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