MCO 2.0: High SOP compliance at business premises inspected in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: A check of business premises in Sabah during the movement control order 2.0 showed that there was a high compliance rate of standard operating procedures (SOPs) at 99.81%.

Sabah Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry director Georgie Abas said out of the 7,481 premises inspected in the state from Jan 13 until Thursday (Feb 4), 7,467 were found to have adhered to the SOP.

Two business premises were given advice, 11 more were given warnings and one was compounded, he said in a statement on Friday (Feb 5).

The owner of an outlet selling mobile phones was given a compound of RM1,000 for failing to provide temperature scans.

“The first inspection at the premises was conducted on Jan 26 with the business operator given a written warning for not having temperature scanners.

“A follow-up was done on Feb 4 and the owner still failed to provide the device as well as failing to record their workers’ attendance via the MySejahtera application or manually.

"We urge businesses and the public to always adhere to the SOP to curb the spread of Covid-19. We welcome the consumers to provide any information of misconduct through the channels provided, ” said Georgie.

He said the premises checked included supermarkets (320), restaurants (415), factories (two), markets or pasar tani (2,313) and other businesses (4,431).