515 individuals detained for defying RMCO on Sunday

KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested 515 individuals for violating the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) on Sunday and, of the total, 440 were issued compounds, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

He said that 69 others were remanded while six individuals were offered bail.

The highest number of offenders nabbed were for activities involving large crowds which made physical distancing difficult (252 individuals) and nightclub activities (205).

“Other offences committed included failure to provide equipment or facilities for check-in purposes (18), not wearing face masks (17), failure to obey quarantine orders (two), premises operating after hours (10), unlicensed premises (two), gambling activities (seven) and failure to pay compound (two),” he said in a statement on the development of RMCO yesterday.

Ismail Sabri also announced that between July 24 and yesterday, a total of 15,980 individuals had returned to Malaysia through the international gates were placed at 67 hotels and five Public Training Institutes (ILAs) in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Johor, Sarawak, Kelantan, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Terengganu and Labuan.

“Of the total, 7,466 are undergoing mandatory quarantine while 55 individuals have been sent to hospitals for treatment. A total of 8,459 have been discharged and allowed to go home,” he said.

They had returned from 32 countries, namely the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Timor Leste, Taiwan, China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. — Bernama