There should not be any form of interference from politicians in the operations of local authorities, said Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng. Lim said he had received information from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) senior officers about politicians interfering in food safety and hygiene operations when they carried out spot checks on eateries.
“The DBKL officers told me that on many occasions when a restaurant was closed for flouting cleanliness requirements, they would get a call from certain politicians ordering them to retract the closure notice.
“The officers felt that the outlet owner must have called the politicians to plead for leniency,” he said. These politicians were merely working to achieve their own ends and not for the welfare of the community. Which is why, on my part, I will advise my colleagues in Kuala Lumpur not to interfere in council affairs. Name them and shame them,’’ he said.
This, he noted, had undermined the integrity of the council officers as well as the credibility of their operations. Lim advised city folk who found themselves in dirty eateries to snap photos as evidence and post it on social media, tagging DBKL.
He added that as consumers they should “boycott” food outlets that were not only dirty but had cockroaches and rats scurrying about.
“The power is in the consumers’ hands to reject dirty eateries as it is time for them to buck up,’’ he said.
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