Twelve foreign workers fined for violating MCO in Negri Sembilan

JEMPOL: Twelve foreign workers were each slapped with a RM1,500 compound for violating the Covid-19 prevention procedures here, says district police chief Supt Hoo Chang Hook.

He said the workers who were from India and Bangladesh and aged between 25 and 47 had failed to observe physical distancing when travelling in a lorry.

They were also being investigated for breaching the inter-district travel rule after they failed to produce a letter from the police permitting them to do so.

They allegedly committed the offence when stopped at a roadblock at KM1, Jalan Rompin-Pasir Besar in Gemas near here on Monday (May 17) evening.

Supt Hoo said the 52-year-old driver and another foreigner, believed to be a Bangladeshi who failed to produce any identification document, were also detained.

“We will also be calling in their employer to assist in the probe,” he said, adding that the employer can be slapped with a RM10,000 fine for failing to provide a proper vehicle to transport the workers.

He said all those detained were taken to the Rompin police station for questioning.

On a separate matter, he said police issued a RM10,000 compound to a 54-year-old food stall owner during an operation at Medan Niaga Bahau on Monday evening for allowing a customer to dine in his outlet.

The customer was also issued a RM1,500 compound for the offence.

He said five other individuals aged between 29 and 54 were also issued compounds of RM1,500 each for failing to register their personal details before entering two eateries here.