Malaysia

MCO: Sabah mulls allowing travel beyond 10km radius

Vastness of state, inlands, require residents to move beyond set distance to buy necessities

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 14 Jan 2021 6:08AM

MCO: Sabah mulls allowing travel beyond 10km radius
The Sabah government is considering implementing movement flexibility in the radius of more than 10km to people in the state during the movement control order period. – ALIF OMAR/The Vibes pic, January 14, 2021

KOTA KINABALU – The Sabah government is considering a proposal to provide flexibility of movement in the radius of more than 10km during the movement control order (MCO) period.

State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the state government is also studying the need to implement it as suggested by state police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali.

He said currently, the state government has – as during the previous MCO – handed over the implementation of roadblocks to security forces, to ensure that the public complied with the rules and standard operating procedures set.

“However, people who need to make important trips can get police permission to cross districts.”

Hazani had previously suggested to the state government to allow the public to be able to move beyond the 10km radius after taking into account the vastness of the state, including the inlands, which require residents to move beyond that distance to buy their necessities. – Bernama, January 14, 2021

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