KUCHING – The arrest of nine people for their alleged involvement in a fight here last Sunday turned out to be a more complicated case than usual when two of them tested positive for Covid-19, with one symptomatic suspect awaiting a second swab test.
Following the case, up to 109 police officers and personnel have now had to take the Covid-19 swab test as well, and are now undergoing the mandatory quarantine.
The 10 officers and 99 personnel are Criminal Investigation Department officers, police escorts and lock-up wardens, Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said today.
They serve in the Gita, Sekama and Tabuan police stations, he said.
Aidi said the fight took place at Jalan Green on Sunday. The suspects, aged between 20 and 35, were picked up the following day at several places in this city and were subjected to a Covid-19 swab test while under detention.
“The two found to be Covid-19 positive were admitted to Sarawak General Hospital. The symptomatic third suspect is awaiting the second test. The remaining six suspects tested negative for the disease and are under quarantine in the lock-up,” he said. – Bernama, February 17, 2021
