QuickCheck: Did people fail to follow social distancing rules at a supermarket recently?

A video that went viral on Facebook appears to show people failing to practise social distancing while rushing to grab items on sale at a supermarket. Is this true?

VERDICT:

TRUE

In a statement on Sunday (Jan 9) night, Manjung district police chief ACP Nor Omar Sappi said the incident seen in the video happened on Jan 7 at the canned food section of a supermarket in Sitiawan, Perak.

ACP Nor Omar added that the incident occurred between 9am and 9.30am and the management of the supermarket was called in on Sunday afternoon to have their statements recorded by police and Health Ministry personnel.

"A RM1,000 compound notice was issued to the supermarket's management for breach of standard operating procedures for failing to ensure physical distancing," he said.