KOTA BARU – Three men who have just been released from prison in Thailand are among the 20 individuals housed at the State Education Technology Resource Sector Quarantine Centre here for 10 days, starting yesterday.
Kelantan quarantine centre co-ordinator Muhammad Shafie Rosslee said that from information obtained, the three men, who are in their 20s to 60s, were jailed in the neighbouring country for illegal entry and staying beyond the permitted period.
“Once released, they returned to this country through the international border gate at the Rantau Panjang Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security complex, (about 40km from here).
“Currently, they are people under supervision (PUS) and will undergo a Covid-19 detection test today, and a second test on the eighth day of the quarantine period,” he said when contacted today.
Shafie said that apart from the State Education Technology Resource Sector Quarantine Centre, there are 20 PUS, most of whom are oil and gas sector workers, who are being housed at a hotel in Tunjong here.
He said 26 staff from various agencies were stationed at the two quarantine centres to carry out the process of control, security and checking the health status of the PUS.
Meanwhile, Shafie said, from last July until now, 600 individuals were recorded as PUS and had undergone quarantine at the quarantine centres gazetted in Kelantan. – Bernama, December 24, 2020
