PUTRAJAYA: Police arrested 131 individuals yesterday over movement control order-related offences.
In a statement, Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 112 individuals were issued compound fines, 17 were remanded and two were released on bail.
Most of the arrests, Ismail said, were for activities which made physical distancing difficult.
Among the other offences were not wearing face masks, failure to provide materials for contact tracing registration and operating shops beyond the permitted hours.
A total of 2,829 compliance task force teams were deployed to conduct checks on 60,340 supermarkets, restaurants, hawker stalls, factories, banks, government offices, as well as land, water and air transport terminals.
Regarding the mandatory home quarantine, Ismail said 23,590 people who arrived through KLIA were screened for Covid-19 from July 24 to Sept 3 and were placed under quarantine.
Some 66 tested positive and were sent to hospital for treatment, while 14,362 have been allowed to return home. Some 9,162 people are undergoing mandatory quarantine. - FMT
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