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LAHAD DATU: People detained by the police in Lahad Datu, including illegal immigrants, will be sent to the dungeons of the Cenderawasih and Tungku police stations in Felda Sabahat to control the spread of Covid-19.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said this is to separate the new detainees from the existing detainees at the Lahad Datu District Police Headquarters.
“The measure is also to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection among detainees in prisons, such as what happened in Lahad Datu with the appearance of the Benteng LD Cluster and a case in Semporna,” he told reporters after delivering his duty as Eastern Commander of the Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) of his successor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Othman.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Secretary General (direction) of the Ministry of the Interior, Datuk Ramlan Harun.
Hazani said detainees who tested negative for Covid-19 and do not have to be charged in court would be released.
“For detainees who are not charged in court, but have not yet obtained the result of their Covid-19, or have not completed their 14-day quarantine, they will be sent to the quarantine center in Bakapit,” he added.
He also noted that 107 existing detainees in the Lahad Datu police dungeon who had undergone the Covid-19 review would not be transferred to other dungeons and that the charges against them would be brought at the police station.
“They will be at the Lahad Datu Police Station until they are released by the Health Ministry before being sent to Tawau Prison,” he added.
Meanwhile, he said that all 77 officers and staff of the Lahad Datu district police contingent, as well as their family members, have been confirmed negative for Covid-19.
They went for the detection of Covid-19 after the detection of the Benteng LD Cluster. -Named
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