SEREMBAN – Sixteen detainees at the Mantin police lock-up in Nilai have been confirmed positive for Covid-19.
Nilai district police chief Mohd Fazley Ab Rahman said they are all close contacts of a male detainee who tested positive for the virus after he was brought from Sg Udang Prison in Melaka.
“They will be transferred by the Health Ministry to the Sg Buloh Prison Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) in Selangor under police security,” he said in a statement today.
He said 31 policemen at the Nilai district police headquarters (IPD) identified as close contacts of the detainees have also been screened and are now under self-quarantine.
The Nilai IPD and administrative building have also been sanitised and is back in operation, he added. – Bernama, January 28, 2021
