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MELAKA: Police escorted a 33-year-old woman wearing a pink bracelet home after she violated a quarantine order by going to a hypermarket in Batu Berendam to buy basic items for Deepavali.
Melaka Tengah District Police Chief Afzanizar Ahmad said a security guard at the hypermarket filed a complaint around 6.45pm. A police team rushed to find the woman with a male relative at the hypermarket.
“The security guard had asked the woman earlier to remove her long-sleeved green jacket and saw the pink band on her right wrist. He was immediately asked to leave the premises and wait in front of the security guard’s office.
“After her personal data was taken, the woman was ordered to go home to continue her quarantine. She was escorted by the police team to make sure she got home, “Afzanizar said in a statement here today.
Afzanizar said the Health Ministry had confirmed that the woman is being subjected to a home quarantine order as a person under surveillance. The quarantine period ends on Thursday (November 12).
“The woman has not been arrested because she will turn herself in at the police station after her quarantine period ends and she has tested negative for Covid-19. No statement from the woman was recorded.
As of yesterday, a total of 327 positive cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Melaka, with a new cluster detected, Berendam Cluster, linked to cases in Alor Gajah and Melaka Tengah.
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