190 people nabbed for violating Covid-19 SOP, says Hisham

PUTRAJAYA: Police have arrested 190 people for various standard operating procedure violations.

Of those arrested on Tuesday (Aug 10), some 173 were slapped with compound notices, while 17 were remanded.

The task force monitoring standard operating procedure compliance had carried out 79,061 checks involving 19,730 personnel members on Tuesday, said Senior Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

He said enforcement officials had ordered 33 premises to close for failing to comply with standard operating procedures.

Authorities carried out checks on 1,617 factories, 17,376 business premises, 501 construction sites and 245 workers’ hostels on Tuesday.

“On Ops Benteng, enforcement authorities have arrested two undocumented migrants and seized five land vehicles,” he said on Wednesday (Aug 11).

Hishammuddin said that 718 individuals had returned to Malaysia on Aug 11 and all were sent to observe mandatory quarantine at government-designated stations.

Since July 24 last year, a total of 267,398 individuals had returned and were sent for quarantine at 83 hotels and 11 training institutes nationwide.

Hishammuddin said that 262 disinfection exercises were conducted at 91 red zones and one orange zone on Tuesday.

The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry enforcement team carried out 2,674 special checks on premises to check on SOP compliance on Tuesday.