Malaysians Outraged at Double Standard Treatment After Govt Event Only Fined RM1,000

Referring to the recent Aspirasi Keluarga Malaysia’s RM1,000 compound for breach of SOPs, netizen @iqtodabal took to social media, expressing his distaste at the apparent double standard treatment that took place.

Comparing the RM1,000 compound to another incident which the organisers of the that event was met with a RM245,000 fine, the stark difference left a bad taste in the mouth for all who followed both incidences closely.

According to this netizen, there was a huge difference in the amount of fines given whereby organisers of the Aspirasi Keluarga Malaysia were only given a RM1,000 compound, while in another incident that took place the same day, a raided nightclub was slapped with a RM245,000 compound.

“The same day the government fined themselves for an event they organised themselves, a nightclub in KL was fined RM25,000, and 44 patrons were fined RM5,000 each for a grand total of RM245,000.”

“Those who were fined were found to have violated social distancing rules, despite being in a crowd with far fewer attendees than the government event.”

Earlier, the Ministry of Health through the Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, issued a fine against the 100-day Malaysian Family Aspiration organisers at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) for not enforcing SOPs.

“The organisers of such official government events should set the best example and be a benchmark for other agencies, as well as the public.”

Let’s hope that the government will be more serious after this in ensuring that double standard treatment will not be a mainstay in Malaysia.

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