231 held for flouting MCO, says Ismail Sabri

PUTRAJAYA: Police have arrested 231 individuals for breaching various MCO violations, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

This includes failure to register customers (80), not wearing face masks in crowded public places (71), entertainment outlet activities (63) and no physical distancing (13), among others.

The task force monitoring SOP compliance had on Tuesday made 44,822 checks including supermarkets, restaurants, transport terminals, factories, banks and government officer, he said in a statement yesterday.

“On Ops Benteng, authorities arrested 29 undocumented migrants and seized 10 land vehicles.

“A total of 110 roadblocks were also set up for the purpose of detecting undocumented migrants, ” he said.

Ismail Sabri said that since March 30, authorities under the supervision of the Housing and Local Government Ministry had carried out 13,154 sanitisation exercises.

On Tuesday, 23 such operations were conducted in eight states as well as in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

On the mandatory quarantine, the Senior Minister said that since July 24, there were 94,125 individuals who had returned to Malaysia and underwent quarantine at government-designated stations.

Currently, there are 6,747 people who are undergoing the process of quarantine.

The individuals had returned from 36 countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Spain, China, Britain, the Netherlands, the United States, New Zealand, Australia and France.