School letter enough for parents to cross border
PETALING JAYA: Parents sending their children to school do not need police permits and need only show letters issued by schools if they are stopped at roadblocks, senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. He said parents needing to cross district or state borders to send their children to…
PETALING JAYA: Parents sending their children to school do not need police permits and need only show letters issued by schools if they are stopped at roadblocks, senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
He said parents needing to cross district or state borders to send their children to boarding schools for example, did not need police permission.
Previously, the government announced that individuals who needed to travel inter-district or interstate needed to apply for permission at police stations.
He added that he had already discussed the matter with the police.
“I expect no issues at roadblocks when parents send their children to schools,” he said.
Meanwhile, he also said the government would allow meeting, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions (MICE) activities in movement control order areas with 25% capacity or a maximum of 250 people, whichever is fewer, beginning March 5.
“After getting views by all technical committee members and the health ministry, we agree to allow MICE activities including face-to-face meetings,” he told a press conference today.
He noted that the government before this allowed MICE activities at conditional movement control order (CMCO) and recovery movement control order (RMCO) areas.
He said the tourism, arts and culture ministry informed the National Security Council that revenue from the MICE industry decreased to RM2.25 billion from RM9.25 billion in 2019. He added that more than 5,000 workers from the industry have lost their jobs.
Aside from MICE activities, Ismail also said buskers are also allowed to perform in restaurants, food courts and stalls in MCO areas, after the government lifted the two-person-per-table limit last week.
“After discussing this in the technical committee meeting, we agree to allow buskers to perform at MCO areas, same as in areas which are under the CMCO and RMCO.”
They will be subject to normal health and safety standard operating procedures.
Meanwhile, Ismail said the enhanced movement control order affecting three villages in the Pasir Akar subdistrict in Besut, Terengganu – Kampung Darau-Awek, Kampung Padang Baloh and Kampung Lepan Kejor – will cease on Feb 27, as scheduled.
He said the decision follows data and health risk analysis by the health ministry, which showed a downward trend in positive Covid-19 cases from these localities.
Meanwhile, speaking on the enforcement action taken yesterday, Ismail said 460 individuals were arrested for various offences under the movement control order.
Out of this number, 388 were given compounds while 70 were remanded and two were given bail.
Among the offences were crossing state or district borders without permission (68), flouting physical distancing rules (109), failure to prepare materials to record customers’ details (135), failure to wear face mask (63), activities at entertainment outlets (12), premises operating beyond the permitted opening hours or despite not being allowed to operate (20), and others (33).
Aside from that he said 23 illegal migrants and two traffickers were arrested under Op Benteng, and 11 vehicles were seized. — Free Malaysia Today