President Jokowi And PM Anwar Blusukan At Malaysia's Chow Kit Market, Welcomed By Indonesian Citizens

President Joko Widodo and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim took selfies with traders while doing blusukan at Chow Kit Market, Kuala Lumpur, (ANTARA)

KUALA LUMPUR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim blusukan together at Chow Kit Market in the city center of Kuala Lumpur, Thursday 8 June. The moment was greeted enthusiastically by Indonesian citizens (WNI). After holding a one-on-one meeting and witnessing the exchange of memorandum of understanding between the two countries at the official residence of the prime minister in the Prime Series in Putrajaya, Jokowi and Anwar started blusukan in traditional markets which are also known as areas Little Jakarta, because many Indonesian citizens work and live there. Quoted by ANTARA, Jokowi and Anwar arrived at Chow Kit Market at around 12:36 local time and immediately started blusukan through stalls selling chickens, meat and fresh fish. Both, wearing long-sleeved shirts with rolled arms, had stopped several times to do selfies with traders there. The atmosphere was boisterous by the hysterical screams of Indonesian citizens who met the president. Pak Jokowi, 'I love you Pak Jokowi', shouted several Indonesian citizens who were crammed inside and outside the market. Then they walked through vegetable stalls and fruits, before walking down Jalan Raja Bot and turning into Lorong Raja Bot to stop for coffee together at the Cafe Period. President Jokowi and PM Anwar left the coffee shop at around 13.21 and headed to a restaurant in the Kampung Baru area which presents a special menu for the temporary acid patin, to attend a lunch from Anwar. Sore day, President Joko Widodo will attend a tea banquet at the invitation of Malaysia's King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah, before heading to the Bunga Raya Complex to return to Indonesia. The enthusiasm of Indonesian citizens since morning Indonesian citizens (WNI), not only those who live and work around Chow Kit who are already waiting for President Jokowi's presence. The news spread so quickly in Kuala Lumpur, so those who even live in the Klang area, about 35 kilometers (km) from the center of Kuala City Lumpur, already in the market. Ilianus Ilias from Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, who claimed to have worked and lived in Malaysia for 43 years long came from Klang to meet with President Jokowi. "For seven presidents, this is the first time a president has come here ( Chow Kit Market), during my 43 years in Malaysia, only this has come. I am proud of him (President Jokowi), willing to see his people, whether they are happy or in trouble," said Ilianus, who holds the IC. Red, which is a card holder for permanent identification but not a Malaysian citizen.

Zainuddin from Lumajang, East Java, and Ahmad Safei from Pringsewu, Lampung, who have both worked for 10 years in Malaysia this morning, have also stood in one of the vacant stalls while waiting for President Jokowi's arrival. Zainuddin, who has Zein's nickname, admits that he knows the president's plan to come to the market from social media TikTok, and decides to leave his job for a moment at a fruit shop in the area. "Every time he follows Pak Jokowi's activities on TikTok, not (fans), but our President. Even though it is monitored, it remains the President in our hearts," said Zein.