The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) yesterday conducted raids at three entertainment outlets in Kuala Lumpur and compounded 70 individuals for flouting the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan (PPN). The individuals compounded were all locals and received an RM1,000 compound each for a total of RM70,000 worth of compounds.
67 of the individuals were patrons of the entertainment centres, while the other 3 were the owners of each respective premises. As reported by national news agency Bernama, Kuala Lumpur Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department (JPJKK) chief Datuk Azman Ayob said that entertainment centres are still not allowed to operate under PPN Phase Four.
He further commented,
“Intelligence carried out found that all three centres had flouted Regulation 17 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Under Phase Four of PPN 2021 (conducting banned activities in pubs and night clubs), that is currently in force,”
Azman then advised the public to always comply with SOPs and stressed that despite Malaysia transitioning into the endemic phase, these SOPs are still in place to reduce the spread of Covid-19. The JPJKK chief also urged those with information on the violation of SOPs, especially at entertainment centres to channel them via the Volunteer Smartphone Patrol (VSP) application which is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
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