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10 localities in Sabah, Pahang under EMCO from Sunday

They include Hyatt Centric construction site in Kota Kinabalu

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 13 Aug 2021 7:21PM

10 localities in Sabah, Pahang under EMCO from Sunday
The EMCO is imposed on areas that see a Covid-19 surge. – The Vibes file pic, August 13, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be enforced in 10 localities in Sabah and Pahang from Sunday till August 28.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in his daily statement on the National Recovery Plan today said the locality placed under the EMCO in Pahang is Jalan Blue Valley-Lojing, Cameron Highlands.

“The localities in Sabah are Kg Pulutan, Manggatal; Kg Mansiang, Menggatal and Hyatt Centric construction site in Kota Kinabalu; Kg Brunei, Membakut; and, Rumah Kongsi Tapak Bina Prima, Lumat in Beaufort.

“Others are Kg Rancangan Kalabakan; Kg Mangaris 2, Kota Marudu; Kg Contoh, Putatan; and, Lorong Mat Salleh Batu 2, Jalan Apas, in Tawau.”

Hishammuddin said the EMCO in Kg Siansai Dundau and Kg Tempasuk 1, Kota Belud; Projek Perumahan Rakyat Sri Semarak, Tawau; and, Kg Sembulan Tengah and Lama, Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, scheduled to end tomorrow, will be extended until August 28.

Hishammuddin also announced the termination of the EMCO at 21 localities in Sabah and Pahang effective tomorrow.

In Sabah, the localities involved are Bandar Sabindo, Kg Rancangan Sg Tongkang, Taman Kukusan, Batu 2 Lorong Habib Abdul Rahman, Jalan Apas and Taman Berjaya in Tawau; and Kg Bariawa Laut, Kg Baitah, Kg Panagatan Ulu, Kg Kota Ayangan and Rumah Kongsi Jutaya Lingkudau in Keningau, he said.

It also involves Kg Seri Aman, Taman Orkid, Kg Damaran Banggi in Kudat; Kg Lupak Meluas Darat, Kg Sundang Laut and Flat Taman Sejati in Sandakan; Taman Sempelang, Kota Kinabalu; Kg Tengah Padang, Putatan; and Kg Babagon in Penampang.

The EMCO will also end in several localities in Pahang, namely Kg Tg Kerayong in Temerloh and Pos Iskandar in Bera.

Meanwhile, he said 48 premises were ordered shut while 208 individuals were compounded and 16 others remanded for flouting the standard operating procedures yesterday. – Bernama, August 13, 2021

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