24 MCO violators fined in Selangor

Stricter restriction: Police and army personnel checking a car at a roadblock on the Federal Highway.

SHAH ALAM: A total of 24 compound notices have been issued by the police to those who violated the movement control order (MCO) in Selangor.

The issuance of the compounds in the state began on Wednesday.

“As of midnight Thursday, we have issued 16 compounds in Serdang, seven in Gombak and one in Hulu Selangor, ” said Selangor police spokesman on Covid-19 ACP Ismail Muslim here yesterday.

This followed Wednesday’s announcement by Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Comm Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani that MCO violators would be slapped with RM1,000 compounds.

Meanwhile, a Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) officer and three others were charged in court for breaching the MCO to play badminton.

ACP Ismail said all four were fined RM1,000 each and they paid the fines. They were arrested on April 4 after they were found playing in an MBSA hall.

ACP Ismail said that 1,430 arrests had been made since March 18. A total of 609 people were charged in court with 254 investigation papers opened.

A total 94 roadblocks were put up as part of the second phase of the MCO, while additional road closures in Petaling Jaya were made to better control movement there as well.

Up till Wednesday, seven flights carrying Malaysians had arrived in the country. A total of 246 passengers were screened with 229 found to be negative.

“Three were sent to Hospital Sungai Buloh for treatment after they were found with symptoms, ” he said.

In Kepala Batas, five people were fined RM1,000 each for violating the MCO in Penang.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said cumulatively, 587 people had been arrested in the state for breaching the MCO since the first day of its implementation.

“The compliance rate after that has been at 98%, ” he said during a visit to the Pasar Bisik fish market here yesterday.

Comm Sahabudin also expressed his satisfaction on the compliance rate there as fishermen and middlemen were adhering to the MCO and social distancing rules.

He said despite the stricter MCO enforcement at the Pasar Bisik fish market, the fishermen’s income had increased by 70%.

He said this was due to more middlemen coming to the complex to get their daily supply and the good price of fish currently.