To prevent the movements of some residents in Kuala Lumpur, a barbed wire was installed to “control the movement”. However, it has since suffer backlashed by many netizens.
Images of security personnel installing barbed wires along stairwells to high-rise public housing buildings in the city ahead of the government’s enhanced movement control order (EMCO) sparked outrage and concern on social media yesterday night, with Malaysians accusing them of posing a fire danger.
Barbed wires have been installed at the stairwells of several low-cost flats in the city, which have been placed under tighter lockdown.
Kampung Baru Air Panas PPR in Kuala Lumpur was one of the sites seen with barbed wire on the stairs, according to national news agency Bernama.
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Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said: “The barbed wire is now only set up at the ground floor after the final exit.
“There are no longer any obstructions to the fire escape route,”