Seven arrested in Penang for playing football, jogging in defiance of MCO


GEORGE TOWN: Seven men, aged between 23 and 56 years old, were arrested by the police for defying the movement control order (MCO).

Georgetown OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said several police from the Pulau Tikus police station were patrolling the area Thursday (March 26) when they found the suspects carrying out activities at a field along Jalan D.S. Ramanathan here.

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