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Following reports over the weekend of VIPs jumping queues for Phase 1 of the Covid-19 vaccinations, the government has released an official list of frontliners eligible to receive their doses first.
The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), led by Science, Innovation & Technology Minister (Mosti) Khairy Jamaluddin, published the list today (1st March). Here’s what it says:
General definition
Personnel at high risk to be infected and spread Covid-19, either by direct exposure to infected individuals, high risk individuals who are infected, patient samples or an environment that is a potential source of infection. The two categories that apply here are:
Court orders four who provoked cops to perform community services 25 Jan 2021 / 19:30 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
GEORGE TOWN: Four men who pleaded guilty in a Magistrate’s Court here today to provoking policemen by using criminal force in the execution of their duties after a road mishap last week appealed against being jailed, preferring to do community service instead.
Magistrate R. Manomani eventually did consider their request, and ordered Shahrizal Anuar, 38, Mohd Safwan Akbar, 29, Mohd Hafiz Shah, 28, and Mohd Danial Al Arabia Mohd Rafi, 24, to perform community services for three hours every day for two months.
They must report to the Malaysian Prison Department under the Compulsory Attendance Order (PKW) 1954 and the prison would decide on the type of community services that they must perform.
Monday, 25 Jan 2021 08:01 PM MYT
Four men who pleaded guilty in a Magistrate’s Court here today to provoking policemen by using criminal force in the execution of their duties after a road mishap last week appealed against being jailed, preferring to do community service instead. Reuters pic
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GEORGE TOWN, Jan 25 Four men who pleaded guilty in a Magistrate’s Court here today to provoking policemen by using criminal force in the execution of their duties after a road mishap last week appealed against being jailed, preferring to do community service instead.