KUALA LUMPUR – Five localities in Sabah, Kelantan dan Sarawak will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Wednesday until August 17, said Senior Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
He said in Sabah, the two localities involved are Kg Selagon and Kg Binsulok in Beaufort.
The affected areas in Kelantan are Kg Belian in Sg Pinang, Tumpat, and Kg Tok Sadang in Badang, Kota Baru, he added.
The EMCO will also be imposed at Ladang Palmlyn workers’ quarters in Mukah, Sarawak, Hishammuddin said in a statement on the EMCO and the National Recovery Plan today.
Meanwhile, he said the government has decided to extend the EMCO at 16 localities in Terengganu, Pahang and Sabah.
Hishammuddin said the EMCO at 10 localities in Kuala Dungun, namely, Sg Buaya, Tanah Lot, Lembah, Padang Jambu, Nibong, Bukit Chatak, Kg Molek, Bijangga, Sg Udang and Sg Penaga, will be extended from Wednesday till August 16.
He said the other two localities in Terengganu – Bandar Cheneh Baru and Felda Neram 2 – in Bandi, Kemaman, will have their EMCO extended, effective Wednesday until August 17.
The same extension period also applies for Kg Bedu, Kg Temalian and Kg Pamah Kulat in Mukim Ulu Dong, Raub, Pahang as well as Kg Pitur, Kinarut, in Sabah.
According to Hishammuddin, the EMCO imposed on 13 localities in Pahang, Melaka, Sabah and Kelantan will be lifted tomorrow.
The localities involved are Kg Kabang and Kg Sat in Lipis, Pahang, and Sg Udang prison (except prison quarters) in Melaka, he said.
He said the localities involved in Sabah are Beverly Hills Fasa 1 and Cybercity Fasa 2 in Penampang; Kg Marau and Kg Kebawang in Sipitang; Kg Meruntum in Putatan; and Jalan Kg Likas Simpang Tiga, Api-api Centre, Taman Ujana Kingfisher and Kg Salut in Kota Kinabalu.
As for Kelantan, the affected area is Kg Gong Jering in Mukim Bukit Jawa, Pasir Putih.
On standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance, Hishammuddin said 34 premises were ordered shut yesterday.
He said a total of 348 individuals have been compounded for violating the SOPs, while 27 others were remanded. – Bernama, August 2, 2021
