Police: Don’t Give ‘Dumb’ Reasons to Travel Interstate



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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): People requesting interstate travel are reminded not to give “unconvincing” reasons and to only travel if there is a genuine and urgent need.

Gombak District Police Chief, ACP, Arifai Tarawe, said that since the conditional motion control order (MCO) was enforced on Oct. 14, a total of 1,587 requests for interstate travel have been received, with 1,555 approved applications.

“Most requests to cross state lines are for medical, death, and emergency cases. Those that were rejected gave lame excuses, such as vacations, attending weddings, or sending children back to their places of origin.” added.

He said this after a special MCO enforcement operation on Selayang Baru and Sri Gombak here on Saturday night (October 17), during which seven people became aggravated and two foreigners were detained.

On Thursday (October 15), Chief Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that application forms for movement permits in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, which are currently under the conditional MCO, can be obtained at the station. nearest police station or downloaded from the official police Facebook page.

The completed form should be sent to the nearest police station to obtain the signature of the head of the police station and stamp it for use during roadblocks.

On October 12, Ismail Sabri announced the implementation of conditional OLS in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya from October 14 to 27 after receiving advice from the Malaysian Ministry of Health and taking into account the increase in cases and transmission of Covid-19 as in Klang, Petaling District and Gombak. – Bernama



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