Sleepover in a time of MCO: Three men arrested

KOTA KINABALU: Three men were nabbed for violating the movement control order (MCO) in Lahad Datu at about 7.50pm on April 1.

Two went out of their workers’ quarters in an estate on motorcycles to bring a friend over for a sleepover.

However, when they reached the main gate at Sabahat 2, Anjung Teduh Cenderawasih, Rela personnel on duty told them that they would not be allowed out without proper reasons and asked them to turn back.

Lahad Datu OCPD Asst Comm Nasri Mansor said the two insisted on going out, saying they needed to get their friend.

“Several minutes later, the friend arrived. All three refused to return to their respective homes despite being warned a couple of times, and they were arrested, ” he said in a statement here on Thursday (April 2).

He said the trio aged, 18,26 and 33, would be investigated for various offences, including for defying the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act.

The 18-year-old who is undocumented will be probed under the Immigration Act as well.