ALOR SETAR: Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor is optimistic that the state will not be marginalised by the Pakatan Harapan (PH)-led federal government although Perikatan Nasional (PN) is now in the Opposition bloc.
Crowd control: Enforcement officers conducting an operation in a bazaar at Midtown Perda commercial centre in Kubang Menerong, Tasek Gelugor.
GEORGE TOWN: Three night entertainment operators and their patrons were fined a whopping RM305,000 on the island and in Bukit Mertajam for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP).
They include two entertainment outlets here in Lebuh Pantai and one in Bukit Mertajam, which were slapped with RM25,000 fines, while patrons were fined RM5,000 each.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the nightspots in Lebuh Pantai were raided at about 1am on Sunday, with 26 patrons fined.
In Bukit Mertajam, Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Abd Samad said a worker at an entertainment outlet in Icon City and 19 patrons were caught off guard when police raided the premises at 1.15am.