MCO Day 26: Almost 1,500 arrests made for non-compliance, majority fined RM1k


PUTRAJAYA: Police have made close to 1,500 arrests on the 26th day of the movement control order, the majority of them being asked to pay the RM1,000 compound, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

He said that on Sunday (April 12), authorities arrested 1,471 people for violating the MCO, of which 949 were issued with the compound, 503 remanded and 19 released on bail.

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