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PETALING JAYA: An assistant to Amirudin Shari has argued that the Selangor menteri besar (MB) did not violate any mandatory quarantine order after returning from Sabah, as it had been given clearance after its first Covid-19 test came back negative .
Amirudin’s special officer, Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad, said that the office of the menteri besar today received the investigation documents from the police, and that the investigation was carried out under Sections 15 and 22 (b) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.
“Under federal government directive, a person no longer has to self-quarantine after testing negative by RT-PCR.
In addition, Amirudin also received a letter of authorization to undergo home quarantine following his results. However, he continued to quarantine himself as a precautionary measure, ”he said today in a statement.
Saifuddin said that Amirudin had also been accountable to the public by informing them through his social media accounts that he had to end his self-quarantine to help address the recent water disruption in the state.
He said that the matter should not be too “controversial” and increase the workload of the police, especially in view of the thousands of officers, affected by the third wave of Covid-19, who are now in quarantine.
“As a smart community, we must analyze the facts and the law before making any accusations. MB’s office assures (everyone) that full cooperation will be provided to the police regarding the rule of law. “
Amirudin admitted on October 4, via Twitter, that he had violated his quarantine to investigate the contamination of Sungai Semenyih that had caused water outages that affected some 300,000 consumers, and apologized for having to do so.
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