PUTRAJAYA: The home ministry has announced the implementation of Op Patuh, a large-scale, nationwide integrated operation against economic sectors which are allowed to operate during the total lockdown but do not comply with SOPs.
Minister Hamzah Zainudin said the move came after a decision at the special meeting of the National Security Council (MKN) on June 21 to let the ministry lead and coordinate all aspects of enforcement of SOP compliance during this period.
He told a media conference today that the immediate implementation of Op Patuh was decided at the first meeting of the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO) SOPs’ enforcement and compliance coordination committee that he chaired.
Elaborating on Op Patuh, Hamzah said it would focus on aspects of wrongful use of the approval letter to operate issued by the relevant ministries, departments and agencies.
He said that mobile roadblocks would also be mounted at industrial and manufacturing areas identified as Covid-19 hotspots nationwide.
To ensure effective monitoring, strategic assets belonging to all enforcement agencies, like helicopters and drones, would be used, he said.
“Assertive and effective enforcement is vital to ensure the country can move to a better recovery phase faster and in line with the national recovery plan that has been formulated by the government,” he said.
On the SOPs compliance operation, Hamzah said his ministry had inspected 123,469 business premises and 21,219 factories nationwide from June 18 until yesterday.
Through the operation, the authorities have issued 885 compound notices to factories and business premises while 265 premises were ordered to close and 39 individuals were arrested for various MCO- and SOP-related offences, he added. - FMT
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