Roaming quarantine wristband wearer fined

KAPIT: A 17-year-old teenager was fined RM1,000 for disobeying the pandemic quarantine order after he was found roaming around Taman Height Wednesday afternoon (Mar 10). Kapit district police chief, DSP Freddy Stanislaus Bian, said while the boy was roaming around 4pm he was wearing a quarantine wristband issued by the Ministry of Health (MoH).  “The […]

Teen breaks quarantine, slapped with fine

KUCHING: A teenage boy was slapped with a RM1,000 fine after attempting to sneak out of Kampung Haji Baki, where the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) is enforced, via a ‘rat trail’ (jalan tikus) last Friday night. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the 15-year-old boy committed the offense around 11.30pm. At the […]

Quarantine flouter arrested while at work

DALAT:  A man who was under house quarantine at Rumah Dagang, Rantau Ensurai, Batang Oya near here was arrested by police on Friday (Oct 16). He was caught while going out to work in Kuala Matu. Dalat district police chief DSP Saga Chunggat said the subject, Steward Muji, was ordered to undergo house quarantine (HSO) […]

Soldiers walk on police bail

BREAKING QUARANTINE SIBU: Three army personnel from the Peninsular, who were supposed to undergo mandatory quarantine, were detained by police after they were found in a public place on Monday (Aug 17). All three violated quarantine orders and were detained by police in Jalan Channel here. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the […]

Four civil servants arrested for breaking quarantine

KUCHING: Sarawak police have arrested four civil servants for violating the quarantine order. “Three were arrested in Sibu while one was arrested in Kanowit, for cutting off the wristband before the end of the quarantine period,,” said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement. Eleven compounds were also issued to errant individuals on Monday […]

Intensive enforcement of SOPs

KUCHING: Enforcement of standard operating procedures (SOPs) during the recovery movement control order (RMCO) will be intensified to ensure strict public compliance. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Mazlan Mansor said the police would no longer compromise nor tolerate those who disobey or violate the SOPs. “Stricter approach shall be taken by the police and other […]

Quarantined man fined RM1,000 for eating out

LUMUT: A 51-year-old man was slapped with a RM1,000 compound for violating the home quarantine order by eating out at a restaurant in Kampung Jering, Ayer Tawar here, yesterday. Manjung district police chief ACP Nor Omar Sappi said the man was placed under the 14-day mandatory quarantine upon his return from Singapore. “A check on […]

Quarantine breakers to face stern actions

SIBU: The State Health Department has warned that stern actions would be taken against those who break their Covid-19 quarantine. State Chief Environmental Health Officer, Billy Sujang, said yesterday that the stern actions included hauling offenders to court for violating the Observation and Surveillance of Covid-19 Contacts Order under Section 15(1) of the Prevention and […]