Putrajaya roadblocks in place to bar outside people, say police

 

Putrajaya police said the roadblocks are to deter people from neighbouring districts who travel without a permit.

PUTRAJAYA: There are still police roadblocks around Putrajaya despite the town being placed under the recovery movement control order since March 5, said Putrajaya police chief Mohd Fadzil Ali.

He said that roadblocks and random police checks would continue to be conducted around Putrajaya to ensure the public did not enter without a letter of permission so as to protect the district from the risk of Covid-19 infection.

“This is because Putrajaya is surrounded by Kuala Lumpur and Selangor which are still under the conditional MCO. If not controlled, people will gather in Putrajaya. That is why if outsiders come here for activities without an inter-district letter, police will issue a compound fine,” he said.

He said many people were still confused about the areas near Putrajaya, which are actually located in other districts, for example the IOI City Mall and Cyberjaya which are in Sepang.

Mohd Fadzil said Putrajaya covers Precinct 1-20.

He said Putrajaya police hoped there would be no recurrence of yesterday’s incident where five people without travel permits were fined for violating the movement restrictions by playing football at the Synthetic Football Field in Precinct 8 here. - FMT