SHAH ALAM – Police clarified that there were no incidents of workers fleeing from the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) at the Top Glove hostel in Meru, Klang.
A Selangor police Special Covid-19 spokesman Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew said the viral images on social media of a male worker climbing the hostel's fence was not because they were trying to leave the area, but instead to reenter the place to be quarantined.
‘’An investigation found out that the incident took place on the first day of the EMCO at the Top Glove’s workers hostel on November 17, before the COVID-19 screening was implemented.’’
‘’They climbed the fence as it was an easy way to reenter the hostel because the barbed wire fences were being put up by security personnel on duty,’’ he told a media conference here, today.
Muhammad Yazid said further investigations found that several male workers in the photo had been identified, and they were currently undergoing quarantine at the hostel.
He categorically denied the allegations, adding that no police reports were lodged on the matter since it went viral several days ago.
He added that security controls at the EMCO designated area was proceeding smoothly, and the workers at the hostel were cooperative through testing and the subsequent quarantine.
Muhammad Yazid also warned the public against disseminating false information which could disrupt public order.
The EMCO at the Top Glove workers’ hostel was enforced on November 17 until next Monday following an increase in positive COVID-19 positive cases involving the Teratai Cluster. – Bernama, November 26, 2020
