KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Eight more localities in Sabah will be placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO), effective from this Friday until August 26.
Senior Foreign Minister (Security Cluster), Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said these localities included three in Tawau, namely, Kampung Kongsi 8, Kampung Bergosong in Pulau Sebatik and PPR Taman Sri Apas Batu 8.
The other two are the plantation workers’ quarters in Beluran, namely, Perumahan Ladang Reka Halus and Perumahan Ladang Boustead Trunkline.
The other localities placed under the EMCO are Kampung Kayu Madang, Telipok in Kota Kinabalu, Kampung Batition in Kota Marudu and Kampung Sunsuron in Tambunan.
“The standard operating procedures (SOP) for all these areas under the EMCO are the same as announced before,” said Hishammuddin in a statement on the National Recovery Plan (PPN), today.
He said that the EMCO in three Pos Brooke Orang Asli villages in Gua Musang, Kelantan, namely, Kampung Jedip WCT, Kampung Sendrop and Kampung Seng Sang, scheduled to end tomorrow would be extended until August 26.
Meanwhile, the EMCO in 14 localities in Sabah will also be extended to the same date. These include Kampung Lahat-Lahat, Pulau Sebatik in Tawau and Ladang Bukit Mas and Ladang Linbar 1 in Kinabatangan.
The EMCO is also extended in Tuaran involving Kampung Betutai, Kampung Bolong Baru, Kampung Bontoi, Kampung Kindu, Kampung Lapasan, Kampung Serusop, Kampung Sungai Damit, Kampung Timbok, Kampung Simpangan, Taman Sri Rugading and Taman Telipok Ria.
The EMCO in three Pos Brooke Orang Asli villages in Gua Musang, namely, Kampung Cekau, Kampung Lojing and Kampung Penangau will end tomorrow as scheduled.
The EMCO will also end in two localities in Papar, Sabah, namely, Blok Angsana and Blok Sumboi-Sumboi in Kg Seberang Benoni and Kampung Pengalat Besar, as well as three localities in Penampang, namely, Apartment Taman Suria, Kampung Mangkadatan Notoruss and Taman Penampang Phase 2.
Besides these, two localities in Tawau (Taman Perwira Ranggu and Block 5 Kampung Titingan), two in Tenom (Kampung Mamaitom and SKIM Kuala Tomani) and two in Putatan (Kampung Meruntum Phase 3 and PPR Sri Keramat).
Termination of the EMCO tomorrow also involves Kampung Talantang 1 ini Kota Marudu, Kampung Ayer in Kudat, and Flat LPPB Sri Taman, Lorong 1-8, Taman Kenari, Taman Mawar and PPR Taman Murni in Sandakan.
It also involves two localities in Pahang, namely, Taman Amalina Lestari, Raub and Ladang Bukit Berembun, Mukim Keratong in Rompin, as well as the Kuarters Pekerja Ladang Pelitanah 1 and 2, Dalat ini Mukah, Sarawak.
Hishammuddin said following checks by the Compliance Operation Task Force yesterday, 33 premises in the manufacturing and business sectors were ordered to close immediately, while 173 individuals were compounded and 17 others remanded for flouting the SOP.
He also stated that yesterday, 718 individuals arrived at the country’s entry points, while so far, the 10,329 individuals who arrived from abroad were undergoing compulsory quarantine at 83 hotels, 11 Public Training Institutes, as well as private learning institutions across the country. ― Bernama
