The National Security Council will enforce the enhanced movement control order (MCO) at the Kota Kinabalu Temporary Detention Centre in Sabah from Nov 3 to 16, said Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said this was to curb the spread of Covid-19 among the centre’s detainees and personnel, adding that the enhanced MCO would involve a total of 1,820 detainees and 114 personnel.
Ismail informed that as of Oct 30, a total of 261 detainees and personnel had been screened and 56 detainees tested positive for Covid-19.
“Under the enhanced MCO, all movements in and out of the detention centre, as well as visits by family members, are not allowed,” he said at a press conference on the recovery MCO updates in Kuala Lumpur today.
Ismail said the government had also agreed to end the enhanced MCO at the Alor Setar Prison in Kedah tomorrow (Nov 2).
This was as no Covid-19 positive cases had been recorded in the last seven days following screenings conducted by the Health Ministry until today, he said.
Meanwhile, the defence minister announced that a total of 485 individuals were detained for violating the recovery MCO yesterday.
Among the violations included not wearing face masks (162), not practising social distancing (123), failing to provide registration tools (79), indulging in entertainment centre activities (25), premises operating over the stipulated hours/without permission (13) and others (83).
Elaborating on Ops Benteng, he said a total of 41 foreigners were detained and four land vehicles were seized yesterday.
- Bernama
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