Covid-19 Watch: 14 diners fined RM1,000 each for breaching SOP

SIBU: For failing to observe physical distancing, 14 diners at two eateries here have been issued compound notices totalling RM14,000.

The customers, aged 19 to 59, were issued the notices for failure to observe standard operating procedures under Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) on Sunday (Jan 30).

Acting Sibu OCPD Supt Collin Babat said in the first inspection at around 10pm at Jalan Bengkel, an integrated SOP monitoring team led by Asst Supt Kushairy Bujang found six individuals, all men, sitting at a table meant for five.

"In the second inspection at 11.15pm, the team caught eight persons committing the same offence at an eatery at Raminway," he added.

The compound notices were issued under Regulation 17 (1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2021.