Netizen asks free-range ‘kampong chicken’ can eat or not?

Chicken became a hot & spicy topic after the announcement was made that Malaysia will be halting chicken exports starting in June. Be it desperation, or just creative thinking, netizens started to suggest other ways of getting their poultry supply fixed, with one even sharing photos of chickens at a park and asking if they could be eaten.

In a post to popular Facebook page Singapore Wildlife Sightings, a netizen who went by the name of Su Ng wrote: “So many kampong chicken at my neighbourhood npark. Can they be eaten or are they ornamental species?”

In her post on Thursday (May 26), Su shared about six photos of these free-range chickens. Her post was met with rather amused comments from netizens, who joked that they too wanted to dabao (take away) some chicken, but that it had to be done in the middle of the night or else risk paying a hefty fine.

Here’s what they said:

The Malaysian agriculture and food industries ministry (MAFI) may consider establishing a special committee to monitor the country’s chicken supplies following reports of shortages nationwide.

Its minister, Dr Ronald Kiandee, said the Veterinary Services Department is responsible for overseeing the situation and local chicken production.

“The committee (on chicken supplies) will only be set up if necessary.

(Meanwhile), the ban on chicken exports from June 1 will be imposed indefinitely until domestic supply stabilises,” he told reporters after attending the ministry’s Hari Raya Puasa open house on Tuesday (May 24).

He said the move would involve exports of about 3.6 million chickens every month to countries including Singapore, Vietnam and Pakistan, a TODAY Online report stated.

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