Record 115 people arrested for violating RMCO
KUALA LUMPUR : Police arrested a record 115 people on Friday for violating the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) standard operating procedures (SOP).
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 111 were slapped with compounds, while the remaining four were remanded.
He said among the offences were failure to practise physical distancing (35), leaving the house without a reasonable excuse at Enhanced Movement Control Order areas (31) and having expired travel documents (26).
Other offences include failing to prepare equipment or entry and exit records (17), operating premises without permission (five) and not wearing a face mask (one), he said.
“The compliance operation task force, led by the police, conducted 53,695 inspections to monitor and enforce the SOP.
“A total of 2,846 compliance teams, comprising 12,356 personnel, conducted inspections at 3,458 supermarkets, 4,302 restaurants, 1,358 hawker stalls, 1,065 factories, 3,459 banks, and 630 government offices nationwide.
“Also inspected were 1,196 land, 186 water and 149 air transport terminals,” he said yesterday.
Ismail Sabri, who is senior defence minister, said as part of Op Benteng that two boats and five land vehicles were confiscated, and 67 undocumented migrants were detained for attempting to enter the country via rat lanes.
On Friday, police mounted 98 Op Benteng roadblocks to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country.
He said, from July 24 to Sept 25, the Health Ministry screened 35,116 individuals upon their arrival via the country’s international gateways.
He said they were placed at 66 hotels and nine other premises, including public training institutes, in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Johor, Sarawak, Kelantan, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Terengganu, Sabah and Labuan.
From the total number of returnees, 7,903 individuals were put under mandatory quarantine, 103 sent to hospital for treatment and 27,110 people had been discharged.
They returned from 33 countries, including the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, S o u t h K o r e a , I r a n , Ne p a l , Bangladesh, Myanmar, Timor Leste, Taiwan, China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Ismail Sabri said the Housing and Local Government Ministry had, since March 30, conducted 10,107 sanitation operations in 135 zones.
He said the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry's enforcement team had, on Friday, conducted daily monitoring of supplies of 12 goods at 677 business premises, including retailers (505), wholesalers (146) and manufacturers (26).
“Enforcement officers conducted 1,116 SOP inspections and found that 1,094 premises complied with the SOP, while 22 premises were advised to follow them after failing to do so.”