By Ashwin Kumar
PETALING JAYA, March 26 — Petaling Jaya police have detained 15 people in the last two days over failure to comply with the movement control order (MCO).
Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal, in a statement, said the individuals were arrested under Section 7(1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.
At 4 am this morning, police had arrested five men aged between 21 and 28, who were gathering at the playground at the Desa Mentari apartment.
Half-an-hour earlier, police had made an arrest at Jalan PJU 1/41B at Ara Damansara. Three men aged between 18 and 40 were believed to have been loitering with motorcycles in the area.
Police had also arrested a 39-year old man and a 27-year old woman at a roadblock at the New Pantai Expressway (NPE) highway heading towards the PJS 2 toll. They were arrested around 2.35 am and 4.05 am respectively.
On Wednesday, police have picked up three men aged between 25 and 33 around 11 pm. They were found to have gathered near a multipurpose hall at a flat in Kampung Lindungan.
The first arrest was made on two Myanmar nationals in their 30s were arrested earlier at 4 pm, yesterday, at a roadblock near the Subang New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) toll.
If found guilty, all the individuals picked up by the police can be fined not more than RM1,000 or sentenced to prison for not more than six months, or both.
Nik Ezanee had urged the public to observe the MCO and to not take the instruction lightly.
He had on Wednesday said that the compliance rate in the district, as of Tuesday, is at 80 per cent.
