KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Seven localities in Sabah, two in Perak as well as one each in Kedah and Pahang will be subject to an enhanced movement control order from Aug 23 to Sept 5.
National Security Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Rodzi Md Saad said the enhanced MCO in Sabah involved four localities in Tawau – Taman Thien Vun, Taman Victoria, Taman King Fook and Kampung Kurnia, Batu 4.
Two other localities are in Beluran – Kampung Sulit Paitan and Kampung Matanggal Lama – while the Taman Mesra People’s Housing Project (PPR) is the only locality involved in Sandakan.
He said the two localities in Perak were Sungai Pinang Kecil Platform, Pulau Pangkor, and the Tapah Prison (including living quarters) in Batang Padang, while in Pahang, it involved Kampung Telemin, Mukim Gua, Lipis, and in Kedah, the Pokok Sena Prison (including living quarters).
“The standard operating procedure (SOP) for the enhanced MCO is the same as previously announced,” he said in a statement Saturday (Aug 21).
Meanwhile, Rodzi said the enhanced MCO at Kampung Orang Asli Sungai Bot in Karak, Bentong, Pahang, as well as Taman Semarak Indah, Tawau, and Kampung Tanjung Kapor, Kudat, in Sabah which were supposed to end on Sunday (Aug 22), have been extended until Sept 5.
Apart from that, he said the enhanced MCO at Jalan Feri Lama, Teluk Gading, Rompin, and two localities in Maran, Pahang, – Felda Jengka 18 and Kampung Paya Besar Kertau – will end tomorrow as scheduled, while the one in Felda Jengka 7, Maran, ended Saturday, ahead of schedule.
In Sabah, he said the enhanced MCO at two localities in Tawau (Flat Sri Semarak and Taman Sejati) and Penampang (Kampung Koidupan and Kampung Guunsing-Novunsu) as well as Kampung Marau, Sipitang and Kampung Baru Kimanis in Papar will also end Sunday, as scheduled.
According to Rodzi, all decisions were made by the NSC after taking into consideration input from the Health Ministry as well as risk assessments and Covid-19 infection trends in the localities concerned. – Bernama
