KUALA LUMPUR – A total of five localities in Sabah and one locality in Sarawak will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from June 15 to 28, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said that the localities in Sabah are Batu 3.5 Jalan Apas (Kiri) in Tawau, Taman Puri Warisan in Kota Kinabalu, Kg Lebak Moyoh in Kota Belud and two localities in Tuaran, namely Taman Telipok Jaya and Kg Penimbawan.
The EMCO will also be imposed in Kg Tabuan Hj Drahman in Kuching, Sarawak.
“The implementation of the EMCO is to ensure that residents at risk remain in EMCO areas, and to restrict the movement and transmission of Covid-19 from risk areas out of the localities,” he said in a statement today.
Ismail Sabri also said that the EMCO in two localities in Sabah – Taman Pelangi in Semporna and Kg Tanjung Kapor in Kudat – has been extended.
He said that the government had decided to end the EMCO at Jalan Klias 2 and 3 in Beaufort and Kg Kuala Menggatal in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah tomorrow (11.59pm), earlier than the scheduled date.
“The Health Ministry confirmed that the remaining active cases in these two localities have shown a decline, the clusters are under control, and all positive cases have received treatment,” he said.
Apart from that, Ismail Sabri said that the implementation of the EMCO in Kg Assam in Lahad Datu, Kg Payas-Payas, and Kg Rampayan in Kota Belud will end as scheduled tomorrow.
“The EMCO in Bandar Darulaman and Lubuk Kawah in Jitra, Kedah, will also end tomorrow (at 11.59pm) as scheduled,” he said.
On the standard operating procedure compliance operation yesterday, Ismail Sabri said 780 people were arrested for violating SOPs, with 748 of them being compounded, while 32 others were remanded. – Bernama, June 13, 2021
