PETALING JAYA: Senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob has hinted that stronger action would be taken to bring down the number of Covid-19 cases in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
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Ismail said the National Security Council (MKN) had discussed several proposals and just needed to iron out the details.
“It’s easy to impose enhanced movement control orders (EMCOs) in Selangor, we can use the districts and the sub-districts,” he told reporters at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) vaccination centre today,
“But KL does not have administrative districts, they don’t have district borders. So that’s what we’re studying. We will announce our measures in Selangor and KL this evening,” he said
Noting public anger against factories being allowed to operate during the lockdown, Ismail said the authorities had been conducting daily checks on SOP compliance, and gave an assurance that action would be taken against those found not complying.
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He also hinted that some factories could be forced to close based on what measures he announces in Selangor later today.
“Whichever factories located in the relevant sub-district will automatically be forced to shut,” he said.
Selangor has consistently recorded triple-digit infections over the past few months, making up the majority of daily Covid-19 cases in Malaysia.
Yesterday, menteri besar Amirudin Shari reportedly said 91% of clusters in Selangor were related to workplaces, of which 80% came from factories while 11% were linked to construction sites.-FMT