‘Exercise within own residential area’


People abiding by the SOP and keeping their distance from others while jogging in Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur.

ENFORCEMENT officers in Ampang Jaya are authorised to check joggers’ details to determine if they are exercising in their own neighbourhoods during the current lockdown.Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) said in the course of carrying out enforcement of the standard operating procedure (SOP) during the movement control order, officers could ask joggers for proof of their address including checking identification.

“If their residential address is outside of the neighbourhood they are exercising in, action can be taken under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988, ” MPAJ press relations officer Norhayati Ahmad said in a statement.

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