KUALA LUMPUR – Seven localities in Sabah, two in Perak as well as one each in Kedah and Pahang will be subject to the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Monday to September 5.
National Security Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Rodzi Md Saad said the EMCO in Sabah involved four localities in Tawau, namely Taman Thien Vun, Taman Victoria, Taman King Fook and Kg Kurnia, Batu 4.
Two other localities are in Beluran, namely Kg Sulit Paitan and Kg Matanggal Lama, while the Taman Mesra People’s Housing Project (PPR) is the only locality involved in Sandakan.
He said the two localities in Perak were Sg Pinang Kecil Platform, Pulau Pangkor and the Tapah Prison and its living quarters in Batang Padang, while in Pahang, the sole affected area is Kg Telemin, Gua, Lipis, and the one area affected in Kedah, is the Pokok Sena Prison, including its living quarters.
“The standard operating procedures for the EMCO is the same as previously announced,” he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, Rodzi said the EMCO at Kg Orang Asli Sg Bot in Karak, Bentong, Pahang as well as Taman Semarak Indah, Tawau, and Kg Tg Kapor, Kudat, in Sabah which were supposed to end tomorrow, have been extended until September 5.
Apart from that, he said the EMCO at Jalan Feri Lama, Teluk Gading, Rompin and two localities in Maran, Pahang, namely Felda Jengka 18 and Kg Paya Besar Kertau will end tomorrow as scheduled, while the one in Felda Jengka 7, Maran, ended today, ahead of schedule.
In Sabah, he said the EMCO at two localities in Tawau (Flat Sri Semarak and Taman Sejati) and Penampang (Kg Koidupan and Kg Guunsing-Novunsu) as well as Kg Marau, Sipitang and Kg Baru Kimanis in Papar will also end tomorrow, as scheduled.
According to Rodzi, all decisions were made by the NSC after taking into consideration the input from the Health Ministry as well as risk assessments and Covid-19 infection trends in the localities concerned. – Bernama, August 21, 2021
