KUANTAN – Forty-five patrons of a popular restaurant in Jalan Teluk Sisek here had to cough out money for more than just their food and drinks after being slapped with fines for violating recovery movement control order standard operating procedures (SOP).
Kuantan district police chief Mohamad Noor Yusof Ali said compounds of between RM1,500 and RM2,000 were issued to each patron after an inspection at 11.55pm there yesterday found that they were not practising physical distancing at the restaurant.
“Two customers were also fined for not scanning their entry using the MySejahtera app, with one of them, when asked, showed us a backdated registration on April 21.
“We found they were crowding tables, although there were many empty tables available, and the excuse given was that they were not aware of the 1m rule,” he said in a statement today.
Noor said a RM10,000 compound fine was issued to the restaurant’s management for failing to ensure customers complied with the SOPs.
“The management told us that they had advised the customers but they refused to listen. To us, the restaurant should have called the police or the city council enforcement (division) in that situation,” he said.
Noor added that he hopes this will serve as a lesson to the public and eateries management here to comply with SOPs to curb the spread of Covid-19. – Bernama, April 26, 2021
