Thousands want to cross Penang Bridge

Desperate escape: A traffic jam behind a manned road block along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of commuters still want to leave the island via the Penang Bridge even as police tighten the roadblock.

Although the movement control order (MCO) entered its sixth day, thousands of cars still plied Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway yesterday from the city to the bridge.