JOHOR BARU: A complete of 35 folks, together with 9 girls, had been slapped with compound notices totalling RM195,000 for violating normal working procedures (SOPs) beneath the Nationwide Restoration Plan (NRP) at an leisure centre in Taman Kempas Utama, Kempas, right here.
Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Rupeah Abd Wahid mentioned that the entire people, comprising 26 males and 9 girls, aged between 17 and 42 years previous, had been discovered to be in violation of the Prevention and Management of Infectious Ailments Act 1988.
“The suspects had been arrested throughout a joint raid carried out by the Johor Baru North District Police and the Johor Police Contingent Secret Societies, Playing and Vice Division (D7) at about 12.05am on Sunday (Oct 31).
“The act is an offence beneath Regulation 19 of the Prevention and Management of Infectious Ailments Act 1988 the place they’ve engaged in actions at an leisure outlet throughout Section 4 of the NRP.
“The entire suspects, together with the premises proprietor, had been partying when police raided the outlet and investigations additionally revealed that the premises failed to provide an leisure premise licence,” she mentioned in a press release Sunday.
She added that three people had been additionally arrested for having hyperlinks to a secret society group and one man was arrested for a wished case.
“A complete of 34 folks had been issued with RM5,000 compound notices every whereas the premises proprietor was issued a compound discover for RM25,000 beneath Regulation 17(1) of the Prevention and Management of Infectious Ailments (Measures Inside the Contaminated Native Areas) Laws 2021,” she mentioned.
The case is being investigated beneath Part 6(2) of the Leisure and Locations of Leisure Enactment and beneath Part 42 of the Societies Act 1966.
In the meantime, in an unrelated case, 21 people, aged between 22 and 51 years previous, had been arrested for involvement in prostitution actions at two motels situated in Gelang Patah, Iskandar Puteri, Johor.
Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm Dzulkhairi Mukhtar mentioned that the suspects include 10 males and 11 girls with three of them locals and the remaining 18 overseas nationals. He mentioned they had been arrested on the motels at about 7pm on Saturday (Oct 30).
“We have now additionally confiscated numerous gadgets associated to prostitution, together with 16 cellphones and money price RM6,649,” he mentioned.
The case is being investigated beneath Part 372B of the Penal Code for prostitution, Part 39B, and Part 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for violating social go to passes and getting into the nation illegally.
