Ban On Selling Food For Foreigners In Malaysia During Ramadan, Here's The Reason

JAKARTA - Ramadan is a very sacred moment for Muslims around the world. During this month, Muslims perform fasting by refraining from eating, drinking, and everything that invalidates fasting from dawn to sunset.

Therefore, there are several rules and policies that apply to maintaining the solemnity of worship, one of which is related to the prohibition for foreigners to sell food during the fasting month in Malaysia.

The local government in the Land of Nine has confirmed that foreigners are prohibited from selling food in the Ramadan market during the fasting month. This policy was taken to protect the rights of local traders and ensure that business opportunities in this blessed month can be utilized by the local community.

Local governments in the Land of Nine will tighten surveillance to prevent foreign traders from operating at the Ramadan Bazaar location in the state.

Chairman of the Development Action Committee for Local Government, Housing and Transportation, J. Arul Kumar, said that local traders caught renting out their bazaar places to foreigners would be blacklisted.

"The Ramadan Bazaar place is provided for local traders so that they can get additional income. Therefore, this time we will be more aggressive to ensure that no foreign traders take advantage of this opportunity to do business here," said Arul, quoted by VOI from The Malaysian Reserve website on Thursday, February 20.

Arul Kumar asserted that the local government did not give permission to foreigners to do business anywhere, including the Ramadan night market or bazaar.

"Only local traders are allowed to do business, and we remind applicants not to rent out their bazaar places at high prices to third parties." he added.

This decisive step was taken to maintain the economic welfare of local traders and ensure business opportunities in the month of Ramadan remain for them.