KUALA LUMPUR – Four localities, three in Sabah and one in Kelantan will come under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Monday until July 4.
Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the three localities in Sabah are Kg Nelayan, Batu 10, Sandakan; Phase 1 and 2, Taman Digot, Penampang as well as Kg Rancangan Silabukan Peringkat 4, Lahad Datu.
“The implementation of the EMCO is to facilitate the Health Ministry (MoH) in conducting initial Covid-19 screenings to contain the spread of infection to other communities,” he said in a statement on the development of movement control order (MCO) today.
On the EMCO in Kelantan, Ismail Sabri said the locality is Taman Merbau Utama, Bukit Jawa, Selising, Pasir Puteh after MoH confirmed a spike in cases over a week when 41 positive cases were recorded with a high positivity rate of 17.7%.
He said the standard operating procedures for the EMCO at these areas is the same as announced earlier and the public can obtain further information by accessing the National Security Council’s website.
In this regard, Ismail Sabri said the implementation of the EMCO in five localities in Sabah namely Felda Umas 4 in Kalabakan and Kg Tanjung Batu Darat, Kg Blok 31, Kg Sentosa, Blok 5 Hilltop and Kg Bukit Kukusan, Tg Batu in Tawau would be lifted tomorrow.
He said the EMCO in Kg Gunung Senyum, Kuala Krau, Temerloh, Pahang and Eco Medi Glove workers’ hostel in Jalan Tembaga Kuning, Taiping, in Larut Matang and Selama district will end tomorrow.
Ismail Sabri also said the EMCO in Rumah Panjang Bala anak Umba, Rumah Panjang Tulu anak Sli, Rumah Panjang Duah anak Entingi, Rumah Panjang Balik anak Gema, SK St Luke and Nanga Baoh Health Clinic which should have ended tomorrow has been extended to July 4 after new cases continued to be recorded.
On compliance to MCO standard operating procedures (SOPs), Ismail Sabri said 718 individuals were detained for various violations yesterday and from the total, 663 were compounded, 49 remanded while six more were given bail.
He said offences included failure to record entry at premises, not wearing a mask, and illegal interstate or inter-district travel as well as eating at food premises.
On Op Benteng, 58 undocumented people were detained yesterday.
Ismail Sabri added that the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) also conducted 123 inspections at construction sites throughout the country yesterday and six were ordered to close for infringing SOPs. – Bernama, June 19, 2021
