KUALA LUMPUR: Police are urging for the public to remove their face masks when approaching the front desk at all premises for identification purposes.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said this is facilitate facial recognition for investigation purposes should any crime be committed.
"We request those carrying out deliveries or any business, to temporarily remove their face masks for identification purposes.
"Those at (service) counters can ask individuals to temporarily remove their face mask," he said when commenting on a bomb threat at the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry in Putrajaya last week.
He said this while attending the handing over of duties ceremony at the Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department (CID) between the former Kuala Lumpur JSJ Chief Datuk Habibi Majinji and the new Kuala Lumpur JSJ chief SAC Mohd Razali Mohd Idrus.
Habibi will take up the position of new chief of staff of Land Operations Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) to replace Datuk M Chandrasekaran, 56, who died on June 1, while Mohd Razali was previously the chief assistant director of forensics (D10) Bukit Aman.
On the bomb threat, he said police are still investigating and will distribute a photo-fit of the suspect soon.
When asked about the case of death threat received by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, he said police have a lead but it was doubtful and that the investigation was still ongoing. – Bernama
