Kelantan salon owner fined for allowing female staff to cut man's hair

 

The Kota Bharu Municipal Council (MPKB) has fined a hair salon owner RM100 for allowing her female staff to cut a male customer’s hair.

The incident took place at the owner’s hair salon in the Kelantan capital last week, according to the New Straits Times.

It is learnt that the customer had gone for a haircut there with his family members, the English daily reported.

It quoted Kelantan Chinese Association Federation president Oie Poh Choon as saying that the owner was found to have breached MPKB’s by-laws, which have been in place for over 10 years.

Oie said the owner had admitted to committing the offence and had paid the RM100 fine four days ago.

“She acknowledged her mistake and claimed that she forgot the regulation," he added.

According to Oie, the council’s by-law under the business license guidelines states that non-Muslim female hairdressers are prohibited from cutting the hair of Muslim men.

Refresher needed

He expressed hope for the council to brief salon owners on existing laws as many have forgotten about them.

During a recent association gathering, Oie said he had reminded his members not to breach council laws or any rules as they do not want “certain quarters to take advantage of the situation”.

“Before we go any further, it's important to know that this is not a new regulation in town. This law has been enforced by the council in the business licence guidelines.

"To be safe, we just have to follow the rules to avoid unwanted consequences.”

This incident came just shy of a month after a non-Muslim female business owner was fined over her clothing.

She took to Facebook to complain that she was fined for wearing shorts at her own premises on June 25.

The action was taken against the 35-year-old woman during a surprise inspection at her shop in Kota Bharu in accordance with Section 34(2)(b) of the council’s Trade, Business and Industrial Licensing By-law 2019.

Section 34(2)(b) states that business licence owners must ensure those working on their premises wear "decent" clothes or, if they are Muslim, cover their aurat (modesty). - Mkini