KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The public will once again face roadblocks set up by the police, as was implemented on March 18 last year, following the implementation of the movement control order which begins at 12.01 am (Jan 13).
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said roadblocks this time would be more stringent, with police personnel assisted by members of the armed forces to ensure compliance. Roadblocks will return as before, and now, they will be in all areas, including those under the recovery movement control order and the conditional movement control order. Although the MAF (Malaysian Armed Forces) has similar powers to the police (to impose roadblocks if necessary) under the new emergency ordinance, but we (MAF) have agreed that we will only help, said Ismail Sabri, who is also Defence Minister.
SIBU, Jan 10: Eighty special tents of the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) have been installed at the Sibu Indoor Stadium by members of the.
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Police said a five-year-old boy drowned when he lost his balance and was swept away by currents while playing in Sungai Jerong Bikam in Sungkai today. Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
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TAPAH, Dec 3 A five-year-old boy drowned when he lost his balance and was swept away by currents while playing in Sungai Jerong Bikam, Sungkai, 24.6 kilometre from here, today.
Tapah district police chief Supt Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said the victim, Muhamad Amsyar Mohd Zamri, with two siblings and a cousin, were playing in the river in heavy rain when the incident took place at 10.45am.
BALIK PULAU (Dec 30): The Penang government today requested for the federal government’s assistance to provide allocation for employers that need to send their foreign workers for a mandatory Covid-19 screening test.
State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the majority of employers were not able to finance the screening test for their workers as their business had been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Screening tests should be provided free under the federal government s Budget 2021. The federal government has allocated RM4 billion to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to curb the spread of this epidemic so I suggest we use the allocation for this screening test.