KUALA LUMPUR – The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) would be enforced at two localities in Sabah and one locality in Kelantan from July 6 to 19, said Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the EMCO in Sabah involves Kg Jambatan Baru, Membakut, Beaufort, and Block 6, Kg Titingan in Tawau.
“The EMCO in Kelantan, meanwhile, will involve the Lepan Kabu (A and B) Plantation quarters and part of Kg Pahi, namely, the area bordering the plantation’s quarters in Kuala Krai .
“The implementation of the EMCO is aimed at curbing movement and the spread of Covid-19 infection to areas at risk from the affected localities,” he said in a statement on the National Recovery Plan (NRP) and EMCO today.
He also announced that the EMCO in Sabah’s Kg Jaya Baru, Kunak, and Kg Serudung Baru, Tawau, scheduled to end tomorrow, has been extended until July 19.
He noted that the EMCO in four localities in the sub-district of Tenglu, Johor, and five housing areas in Mentakab, Pahang, will end at 11.59pm tomorrow as scheduled .
The EMCO in Kg Pulutan, Nabawan; Ladang Brumas, Kalabakan; and Taman Wijaya Park in Kota Kinabalu will also be terminated at the same time tomorrow as scheduled.
Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said the government will step up enforcement through inspections on factories and business premises as there have been too many violations of the gazetted government directives and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
He said that up to yesterday, a cumulative total of 151,773 business premises, 25,970 factories, 1,847 construction sites and 812 workers’ hostels have been inspected.
Yesterday alone, inspections were made on 5,785 factories, 15,388 business premises, 569 construction sites and 297 workers’ hostels, and out of the number, four factories and 20 business premises were ordered shut for violating the government’s directives and SOPs.
He added that 691 individuals were arrested for violating SOPs, with 651 of them compounded, 38 remanded and two on bail. – Bernama, July 4, 2021
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