KUALA LUMPUR – Six localities in Sabah, Kelantan, Kedah and Pahang will be under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Saturday until August 20.
Senior Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in a statement today said the areas in Sabah are Tawau’s Kg Baru Pasir Putih and Kg Wallace Bay, and the Veetar palm oil factory housing area in Tongod.
“The locality in Kelantan is Kg Morak in Kebakat, Tumpat; in Kedah, it is Taman Nilam (blue zone) in Kuah, Langkawi; and, in Pahang, it involves Felda Sg Koyan 1 and 2 in Lipis.”
He said the EMCO in three localities in Sura, Dungun, Terengganu, namely the Gong Pasir low-cost public housing area, Kg Gong Pasir and Taman Maidam, is extended until August 16.
The EMCO imposed on Pahang’s Bentong Prison complex, including staff’s living quarters, as well as Kg Joh and Kg Maka in Machang, Kelantan, is extended until August 20.
Hishammuddin said the EMCO in several localities in three states will end tomorrow.
Of the total are 14 localities in Temerloh, Pahang, namely Taman Bahagia, Taman Bahagia Indah, Taman Bahagia Makmur, Taman Bahagia Permai, Taman Bahagia Courts, Kg Padang Lalang, Taman Perumahan Sri Kemuning, Flat Sri Kemuning, Taman Temerloh Jaya, Taman Temerloh Jaya Indah, Taman Temerloh Makmur, Felda Lakum, Kg Paya Keladan and Taman Keladan Indah.
In Sabah are two localities in Tuaran, namely Kg Pukak in Tengah and the Gayang Ria flats in Berungis, as well as Kg Gumandang in Kudat, Kg Lumatai Ulu in Beaufort, and Sipitang’s Kg Banting, Kg Kawang and Kg Ulu Bole.
The EMCO in Kg Dewan Besar in Labok, Machang, will also end tomorrow.
Hishammuddin said 71 premises were ordered to close yesterday for flouting Covid-19 standard operating procedures, while 240 individuals were compounded and 14 remanded. – Bernama, August 5, 2021
