A police personnel mans a roadblock. ― Picture by Malay Mail
KUCHING (July 5): Police have issued 42 compounds to individuals who flouted the standard operating procedures (SOP) put in place to break the chain of Covid-19 infections.
Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 25 of these compounds were issued in Kuching followed by five each in Miri and Sibu, four in Bintulu and one each in Serian, Padawan and Lawas.
“11 of these compounds were issued to individuals who failed to practise physical distancing while 10 were for ferrying passengers beyond the allowed number,” said SDMC in its daily update today.
Six other offences involved organising activities that were not permitted followed by individuals found gathering in public places (5), hanging around in public places beyond 10pm without a reason (4), failure to scan MySejahtera (3), not wearing a face mask (2) and inter-district travel without a permit (1).
SDMC said this brought the cumulative number of compounds issued by the police in Sarawak since March 18 last year to 8,810.
At the local authorities level, it said 10 compounds were issued statewide to those caught not complying with the SOP.
Of the total, Bintulu Development Authority issued the most compounds at four followed by Bau District Council (3), Sarikei District Council (2) and Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (1).
Six of these compound were issued due to not updating or incomplete attendance logbook followed by failure to scan MySejahtera (2), failure to prepare the MySejahtera QR code (1) and failure to provide hand sanitiser (1).
SDMC said this brought the cumulative number of compounds issued by the various local authorities across Sarawak since Feb 1 to 1,234.