Kuala Lampur, April 3 -- Ramadan bazaars will not be allowed as long as the movement control order (MCO) is still in place, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaacob today.

Following a discussion today, the minister said it had been decided that if the MCO is lifted, the National Security Council (NSC) will draw up a new standard operating procedure (SOP).

"The NSC will decide on a post-MCO SOP. But if the MCO is still in place, no Ramadan bazaars will be allowed at all," he said.

The directive comes after authorities mulled over the possibility of going ahead with the bazaars, albeit with new SOPs or methods such as e-bazaars or drive-throughs.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had said that the Health ...