Police issue 35 compounds for SOP violations

KUCHING: The police have issued 35 compounds for violating standard operating procedures (SOPs), including five for playing basketball during Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) in Sarawak.

The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said other offences included failing to scan the MySejahtera QR code before entering a premises (11) and gathering without physical distancing (11).

Compounds were also issued for offences such as entering an Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) area without permission (3), bringing children under 12 years old to a public place (2) and not wearing face masks (1).

“A premises was compounded for not providing access to-andfrom the premises with physical distancing of one metre while one compound was also issued for organising a kite competition,” said SDMC today in its daily update yesterday.

Of the total 35 compounds, nine were issued in Kuching followed by Bintulu (8), Miri (6), Tatau (6), Marudi (5) and Bau (1).

SDMC said this brought the cumulative number of compounds issued by the police so far to 9,407.

Apart from that, four local authorities across Sarawak also issued a total of six compounds to those who flouted Covid-19 standard operating procedures.

Bau District Council issued three compounds while Bintulu Development Authority, Betong District Council and Serian District Council each issued one compound.

“The compounds are for offences such as failure to scan the MySejahtera QR code or write particulars on a log book before entering a premises (3), failure to update the attendance logbook or incomplete entry (2) and not wearing any face mask (1),” said the committee.

SDMC said this brought the cumulative number of compounds issued by the various local authorities across Sarawak to 1,321.