By Contributor - February 8, 2021
Authorities have reversed course on tighter rules that would have banned house-to-house visits.
A tourist at Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: BRDNK Vision/Unsplash)
After a backlash from the Malaysian Chinese community, senior government officials have scaled back coronavirus curbs to allow larger family gatherings and temple visits by the general public over the upcoming holiday. Reunion dinners held on Chinese New Year’s Eve (February 11) can now host up to 15 close relatives living within a radius of 10 kilometers of the venue, so long as they do not cross district or state boundaries for the event. Only Sarawak is exempt from Malaysia’s ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO), which bans interstate and inter-district travel.