17 locals fined for violating SOP
KUCHING: Seventeen local individuals were slapped with RM1,000 fine each for violating the physical distancing directive under the set standard operating procedures (SOP) during an operation covering three locations here on Monday.
Kuching District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the inspections were conducted on an eatery and an entertainment outlet at Jalan Setia Raja, and a building at Jalan Tan Sri Datuk Wiliam Tan.
He added that during the inspection on the eatery, nine individuals comprising six men and three women were found to be violating the SOP; at the outlet, six individuals (comprising four men and two women) were found to be committing the same offence.
Two individuals who were conducting renovation
All of them, 12 men and five women, are found to have violated the SOP under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) as gazetted by the government.
ACP Awang Din Awang Gani
works on a building were also slapped with fines for not wearing face masks.
“All of them, 12 men and five women, are found to have violated the SOP under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) as gazetted by the government.
“As such, they were issued the compound in accordance to Regulation 3 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within Infected Local Areas) (No 7) Regulations 2020 for not complying with the prescribed SOP,” said Awang Din in a statement here yesterday.
The compounds, he added, must be paid to the Kuching
Division Health Office within the next 14 days.
“Police will continue to take stern action against those who do not observe the SOP, as the nation fights to break the Covid-19 chain of infection.”
Awang Din said the compound would act as a reminder to the public, calling upon them to always adhere to the SOP set by the Ministry of Health.
He also reminded the public, especially premises operators and customers, would always heed the government’s recommendations during the RMCO and comply with the SOP to curb further spread of Covid19.