Government urged to review amendment, maximum compound

KUCHING: Malaysian Young Graduates Association (Graduan) has asked the government to promptly amend the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342). The association has also suggested that the government reduce the maximum compound rate of RM10,000 and provide a detailed description of the Enforcement Act to the general public. Its president Lee […]

Punish them but don’t touch pension: Masing

KUCHING: Civil servants or pensioners who flout the movement control order (MCO) should not be deprived of their pension, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing.  Masing said this in response to Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) statement which said that various privileges enjoyed by civil […]

Deport foreigners defying MCO

KUCHING: The authorities are told to throw the book at foreigners flouting the movement control order (MCO). Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) president Datuk John Lau suggested that foreigners found guilty of the charges should be deported out of the country. Lau added that the absence of sufficient travel documents on foreign offenders calls for […]