CORONAVIRUS | A local postman working in Singapore was sentenced to three months community service for concealing his travel history during a screening for Covid-19.
He's the first person in Malaysia to be charged with concealing travel history during a Covid-19 screening.
English daily The Star reported that Omar Mat Khatib, who hailed from Pendang, Kedah, pleaded guilty to violating Rule 6 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 on March 26 at the Pendang district health clinic’s Covid-19 screening counter.
He failed to provide necessary information about his trip back to Malaysia from Singapore to health officer Mohamad Syazwan Mohd Esa.
Magistrate Siti Nor Hidayah Mohd Noor offered Omar the choice of three months' jail or community service in which he opted for the latter.
Siti Nor then ordered Omar to carry out three hours of community service and report to the Pendang district parole officer daily.
Omar returned to Malaysia on March 18. He developed flu and fever and went for a medical check-up at the clinic on March 26.
However, he did not inform Syazwan about his trip from Singapore.
Zuriyah Mohd Nordin from the National Legal Aid Foundation represented Omar, while deputy public prosecutor Fatin Dalilah Khalid prosecuted. -Mkini
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