Cops to tighten controls at all KL EMCO areas after escape attempt

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The police will tighten control at all localities placed under the enhanced movement control order here following an incident where three men escaped from a People’s Housing Project (PPR) in Jalan Kampung Pasir.

Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief, Datuk Yong Lei Choo said the police viewed the matter seriously and guaranteed that there would be no repeat of such incidents.

She said that Kuala Lumpur police will increase joint efforts with the Malaysian Armed Forces, the Civil Defence Force and the Health Ministry to curb such attempts.

"Security measures will be strengthened at all 19 localities under the enhanced MCO in Kuala Lumpur, ” she said Monday (July 5) after presenting food supply aid to 30 PPR residents in Sentul Murni here.

The media reported on Sunday (July 4) that police had identified two of the three local men who escaped through a barbed wire fence at the PPR in Jalan kampung Pasir, which was placed under an enhanced MCO.

In other developments, Yong said that more than 90% of the Kuala Lumpur contingent police personnel and their family members have received their Covid-19 vaccinations thus far, and will ensure that it reaches 100% soon. - Bernama