Health Ministry halves fines for individuals, companies who flout Covid-19 SOPs


KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is lowering the proposed fines on companies and individuals who breach Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Based on a document sighted by The Star, for individuals, the Bill will be amended to lower the initially proposed maximum RM100,000 fine or seven years’ jail under Section 24(a) to half, as “RM50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years”.

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