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Uggah has stated that authorities will now require a police permit to travel between states. Chimon Upon Photo
KUCHING (Oct. 14): A police permit is now required for interstate travel, Senior Deputy Minister and Chairman of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas announced today.
“Those traveling between states from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to Kuching and Kuching to KLIA, as well as between Kuching and Kota Kinabalu, will now require a permit from the police before starting the journey,” he said in the Covid newspaper. – 19th press conference update.
Uggah explained that this decision was made by the National Security Council (MKN), due to the increasing number of cases in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan.
“As such, SDMC also requires that applications to enter the state using the EnterSarawak application also need to have a police permit attached,” he said.
To further curb the spread of the disease, Uggah also reported that SDMC has decided to control the movement at the Merapok and Sidumin borders.
“Security personnel will increase the number of personnel and patrol the borders, especially along ‘jalan tikus’ (illegal border roads).
“Patrols will be stricter and more frequent along the Kalimantan border,” he said.
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