.jpg "Police and Armed Forces personnel man a roadblock amid the enhanced movement control order in Kulim, Kedah November 27, 2020. ― Picture by Sayuti Zainudin")
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The police will no longer carry out roadblocks in Malaysia from Monday onwards (December 7) as part of Covid-19 prevention measures, senior minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today.
Ismail Sabri said Malaysians no longer need to ask for the police’s permission to travel to different districts within a state from December 7 onwards.
“As I mentioned, the need for balance between economic needs and health, as we know the recovery movement control order (RMCO) will end December 31 —- don’t know if it will be extended or not—but life must go on, so a few relaxations have been agreed to at the special National Security Council meeting and already discussed with all including MOH.
“But the orders to the police is that although no roadblocks, but to focus on compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs), so the police will focus on SOP compliance rather than roadblocks,” he said.
He also said that vehicles would be allowed to carry the normal capacity of passengers, subject to existing road and traffic laws.
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