54 people booked for violating MCO SOP on Tuesday



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KUALA LUMPUR: Fifty-four people were arrested yesterday for violating the standard operating procedures (SOP) of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and all of them received compound fines.

Chief Minister (Security Group) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pix) said that among the top violations recorded were failure to provide equipment to record customer details (21) followed by not wearing face masks (17) and interstate or interdistrict movement without permission (six).

“A total of 18 illegal immigrants were also detained, while yesterday a boat and 11 land vehicles were seized in Op Benteng,” he said in a statement on the implementation of the Conditional MCO and the Recovery MCO, today.

He said 836 people arrived yesterday at international entry points and all were quarantined in quarantine stations across the country, bringing the cumulative number of people returning home since July 24 last year to 152,570.

On the mandatory screening of foreign workers, Ismail Sabri said that a total of 3,428 people were tested for Covid-19 yesterday and 11 of them tested positive.

In total, a total of 644,425 foreign workers have so far undergone the Covid-19 assessment involving 33,205 employers, he said. – Called



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