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Anwar wants enforcement bodies to raise performance

SERDANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today reminded all enforcement bodies under the Home Ministry (KDN) to improve their performance apart from assisting the government to carry out a shift in administration governance. He said the services by these groups should be able to help drive national economic growth apart from ensuring the fair […]

PDRM deploy personnel to monitor flood-prone areas

Police PDRM

KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has deployed 500 officers of all ranks to monitor areas at risk of floods. Confirming this, Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said they were currently working hand-in-hand with personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba). “PDRM and Bomba have been deployed to monitor the water levels as […]

Are we doing enough?

Dr Kelvin Yii

Curbing paedophilia   KUCHING: More must be done to address the issue of paedophilia, including law reforms, to increase penalty and enforcement in Malaysia so that the country does not become a reservoir for paedophiles who prey on the vulnerable, said Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. He hoped that the recent arrest of one […]

Ensuring Kuchingites’ compliance to SOPs

KUCHING: Over 900 enforcement personnel in the district are working day and night to ensure that Kuchingites always adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and play their part to curb the spread of Covid-19. The administration of ‘Ops Covid-19’ by Kuching police headquarters (IPD) during this movement control order (MCO) 3.0 involved a total […]

Ministry denies allegations beef traders suffer losses due to ceiling price

PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has denied allegations that local beef traders suffered losses due to the ceiling price set under the Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme (SHMMP) for Aidilfitri Celebration of RM34 per kilogramme. Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said traders could still chalk up profits throughout the […]

Compound for SOP violations only as last resort

KOTA BHARU: The government considers the issue of compound for violations of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent Covid-19 infection as settled, and enforcement teams have been reminded to issue summonses only as a last resort, said Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) said for example […]

First batch of Labuan hospital frontliners vaccinated

LABUAN: The first batch of 150 frontliners of Labuan Nucleus Hospital received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today. The vaccination exercise under the National Immunisation Programme was led by the hospital’s director, Dr Adnan Musa Balidran at the hospital compound and witnessed by Labuan Health director, Dr Ismuni Bohari. “It is our objective […]

Territorial army roped in to enforce MCO in Sibu

KUCHING: Personnel from the Regiment 511 Territorial Army have been deployed in Sibu to beef up enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) in the division. Third Infantry Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Datuk Azhar Ahmad said a total of 126 officers and men of the regiment were mobilised to assist the Ninth Infantry Brigade of […]

Public- private sector cooperation crucial in addressing pandemic

SIBU: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said in order for the state to properly address the Covid-19 pandemic, cooperation from the public and private sectors is crucial. He also said that the enforcement of movement restrictions will be stepped up to ensure compliance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs). He said this […]

Full-scale enforcement if necessary

KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is prepared for any eventualities should there be a more contagious Covid-19 strain in the state. Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas noted that the Pasai Cluster is spreading throughout the state, as such SDMC is taking various strategies to ensure that the hospital beds and staff including […]