Melaka restaurant ordered to close after video of staff urinating goes viral

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A restaurant in Jalan Hang Tuah, Melaka has been ordered to close for two weeks following a surprise inspection prompted by public complaints.  A 21-second video clip showing a restaurant employee urinating openly at the back of the premises had gone viral on social media.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A restaurant in Jalan Hang Tua, Melaka has been ordered to close for two weeks due to

00:06 failure to maintain cleanliness.

00:08 Dorothy Dayang Henry Sum, the deputy director of the Food Safety and Quality Division at

00:13 the State Health Department, said the closure order was issued following a surprise inspection

00:18 prompted by public complaints.

00:20 Additionally, a 21-second video clip showing a restaurant employee urinating openly at

00:26 the back of the premises had gone viral on social media.

00:31 Some said her department issued four compounds totaling 1,500 ringgit, including two notices

00:37 under Regulation 33 regarding the cleanliness of the worker.

00:41 The premises were also ordered to be closed for 14 days under Section 11 of the Food Act

00:46 1983, and received a score of 65 percent.

00:51 Furthermore, the inspection team found cigarette butts on the premises, despite smoking not

00:56 being allowed and the restaurant lacking a working toilet.

01:00 Some noted that this was not the first time the restaurant had been ordered to close due

01:04 to cleanliness-related issues, as it had previously been shut down twice in 2022.

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