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Perceived different Covid-19 rules for rich and famous stoke Malaysians' ire

Photos and a video clip of Malaysian celebrity entrepreneur Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor (pictured) allegedly shopping with her husband at a carpet store in Nilai during an ongoing partial shutdown were met with widespread derision on the Internet. PHOTO: NEELOFA/FACEBOOK
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian celebrity entrepreneur Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor documented on her Instagram account her jaunts across state borders last month, exacerbating public anger over Malaysia's seemingly haphazard enforcement of travel bans to curb Covid-19 infections.

Photos and a video clip of her and her husband, televangelist Muhammad Haris Muhammad Ismail, allegedly shopping at a carpet store in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, despite an ongoing partial shutdown enforced in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, were met with widespread derision on the Internet.

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