Restrictions on traffic and market operating hours under the movement control order (MCO) have adversely affected the supply chain for vegetables and raw food.

Due to the various problems and regulations imposed by authorities, many vegetable sellers at markets and vegetable delivery truck drivers said they would rather stop their service to avoid problems.

According to Wong Keng Fatt of the Kuala Lumpur Vegetable Wholesalers’ Association, about 40 percent of wet markets in Kuala Lumpur have closed, but the supply of vegetables is still adequate and there’s even an oversupply, resulting in nearly 30 percent of vegetables being discarded each day at the wholesale market.