39 localities in Sabah, Kelantan, Pahang under EMCO beginning Friday

 

A total of 39 localities in Sabah, Kelantan, and Pahang will be placed under enhanced movement control orders (MCOs) from Friday (July 30) until Aug 12, said Senior Minister (Security) Hishammuddin Hussein.

He said the localities in Tuaran, Sabah are:

1. Kampung Betutai
2. Kampung Bolong Baru
3. Kampung Bontoi
4. Kampung Kindu
5. Kampung Lapasan
6. Kampung Serusop
7. Kampung Sungai Damit
8. Kampung Timbok
9. Kampung Simpangan
10. Taman Sri Rugading
11. Taman Telipok Ria

He said the enhanced MCO in Sandakan, Sabah involves:

1. Flat LPPB Sri Taman
2. Lorong 1-8 Taman Kenari
3. Taman Mawar
4. Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Taman Murni

The enhanced MCO in Penampang, Sabah involves:

1. Apartment Taman Suria
2. Kampung Mangkadatan Notoruss
3. Taman Penampang Phase 2
4. Country Heights Phase 2 and Phase 3 (including shophouses)

"Only the enhanced MCO in Country Heights Phase 2 and Phase 3 (including shophouses) will be enforced from July 30 to Aug 11," he said in a statement on the National Recovery Plan (NRP) and enhanced MCO today.

Hishammuddin said three localities are affected in Tawau - Kampung Lahat-Lahat Pulau Sebatik, Taman Perwira Ranggu, and Blok 5 Kampung Titingan - while there are two each in Kinabatangan (Ladang Bukit Mas and Ladang Linbar 1), Tenom (Kampung Mamaitom and SKIM Kuala Tomani), and Putatan (Kampung Meruntum Fasa 3 and PPR Sri Keramat).

The other enhanced MCO areas in Sabah are Kampung Talantang 1, Kota Marudu; Kampung Ayer, Kudat; and Kampung Pengalat Besar, Papar.

He said the enhanced MCO in Kelantan involves six Orang Asli villages in Pos Brooke, Gua Musang:

1. Kampung Cekau
2. Kampung Jedip WCT
3. Kampung Seng Sang
4. Kampung Lojing
5. Kampung Sendrop
6. Kampung Penangau 

The enhanced MCO in Pahang involves two localities - Taman Amalina Lestari in Mukim Gali, Raub, as well as Ladang Bukit Berembun in Mukim Keratong, Rompin.

Hishammuddin said the enhanced MCO at Blok Angsana and Blok Sumboisumboi, Kampung Seberang Benoni in Papar, Sabah, will be extended to Aug 12 from its scheduled end date tomorrow.

The enhanced MCO in Sabah involving Blok 2, Blok 6 and Blok 9 PPR Taman Mesra in Sandakan; Kampung Melamam, Sipitang and Kampung Landung Ayang, Kudat will end tomorrow as scheduled while that in Kampung Lubak, Beaufort ended today, earlier than scheduled.

Meanwhile, Hishammuddin said 52 premises comprising 10 factories, 39 business outlets, and three construction sites were ordered to shut immediately yesterday for violating the standard operating procedure (SOP) set by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19.

"Also yesterday, 355 individuals were arrested for violating the SOP, and of this number, 330 were issued compound notices and 25 remanded,” he said, adding that 17 undocumented immigrants were arrested and 25 land vehicles seized under Op Benteng.

- Bernama