KUALA LUMPUR – Two localities in Sabah and one in Kelantan will come under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Sunday until July 3, Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced.
The localities in Sabah are the Grace Villa Condo, Sembulan in Kota Kinabalu and Kg Pasir Putih Housing Project in Putatan, while the locality involved in Kelantan is Taman Sri Purnama, Padang Pak Amat in Pasir Puteh.
Ismail Sabri said the decision to impose the EMCO was made after the Health Ministry (MoH) confirmed a Covid-19 surge in those locations.
“The EMCO is imposed to restrict the movement of residents and curb Covid-19 from spreading to other localities, apart from enabling MoH to effectively conduct community screening, detection of close contacts and isolating new cases,” he said in a statement here today.
Meanwhile, he said the EMCO in Kg Gusi Kinarut, Papar, and Kg Perpaduan, Pulau Banggi, Kudat in Sabah will be extended, also from Sunday to July 3, following new cases in the community and pending results.
Ismail Sabri also said the EMCO on several other localities would end later today and tomorrow, ahead of schedule.
In Sabah, the EMCO on Taman Wawasan, Tawau, ended today, while in Kg Tengah Kinarut and Kg Benoni, Papar and Taman Wangsa, Jalan Telipok, Kota Kinabalu will end tomorrow.
The EMCO will also end tomorrow as scheduled at Kg Datuk Ahmad Said Tambahan 2, Kg Jelapang Baru and Kg Sg Tapah in Ulu Kinta, Kinta; Kg Air Panas and Kg Kuak Luar in Pengkalan Hulu; Kg Alai and Kg Baharu, Kerunai in Hulu Perak and Taman Kerian Tambahan, Kerian and Taman Berkat, Matang in Larut Matang Selama.
“The EMCO on Felda Redong 1, Labis, Segamat, Johor and Taman Pelangi, Semporna, Sabah, also ended today ahead of its June 23 and 28 respective schedules, while the EMCO on Jalan Budi Sri Tanjung, Tawau in Sabah will also end tomorrow even though it was initially scheduled to end on June 22,” he said.
On the compliance with MCO standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the manufacturing sector, he said 22,819 business premises and 2,109 factories had been inspected since January 14.
From June 1 until yesterday alone, 106 factories were ordered to close for failing to comply with the SOPs.
Meanwhile, 759 individuals were detained for defying SOPs, 711 of whom were compounded and 48 others remanded. A total of 37 undocumented people were also arrested, with nine land vehicles and two boats seized in Ops Benteng. – Bernama, June 18, 2021
