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Gerik school placed under EMCO (Updated) Pix for illustration purposes. PETALING JAYA: Sekolah Menengah Sultan Idris Shah II in Gerik, Perak, has been placed under a Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) following an increase in Covid-19 cases there. “The EMCO will be initiated from Feb 6 until Feb 19,” Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement today. Another location that was also placed under an EMCO was Kampung Sebako 1 and 2 in Lundu, Sarawak from Feb 6 until Feb 19 after the Health Ministry recorded a spike in cases. The EMCO implemented in Kam...

04 Feb 2021 / 21:35 H. Pix for illustration purposes. KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese New Year celebrations including prayer ceremonies are only allowed to be held at home with family members, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said prayers at temples were also not allowed, except for five of the temple’s committee members and people were encouraged to perform the ceremony at their respective homes. “This standard operating procedure (SOP) was complied with during Hari Raya Aidilfitri, as well as Deepavali. However, for Sarawak we leave it to the state gov...

PETALING JAYA: The police arrested 680 individuals for various violations under the current movement control order (MCO) on Monday (Feb 1), says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said during his daily Covid-19 briefing on Tuesday (Feb 2) that 630 were given compounds, while 49 individuals were remanded and one was granted bail. The Senior Minister (Defence) said that of the 680,140 were arrested for travelling across borders without approval letters, 36 for not wearing face masks, 139 for failing to observe social distancing, and 155 for other offences. The figure also includes 80 premises t...

JOHOR BARU: The police will be doubling the number of standard operation procedure (SOP) compliance teams due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Johor. Johor Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department chief Senior Asst Comm Alzafny Ahmad said there were 241 enforcement teams currently and Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay has agreed to double the figure. He added that enforcement would focus on industrial areas and conduct house-to-house spot checks on those under home quarantine. "We will have about 500 enforcement teams focusing on SOP compliance among t...

PETALING JAYA: The Simpang Renggam prison and staff quarters in Kluang, Johor have been placed under an Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) followi...