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BALIK PULAU – After an encounter with a bunch of recalcitrant patrons, a coffeeshop here had to stack up its heavy stone chairs to deter customers from disobeying the movement control order (MCO).
It all started when a group of senior citizens spent nearly three hours at K’Yong Muhibbah Ceria on Wednesday morning.
“They ordered kopi ais and teh ais for takeaway after we told them that we would not be able to serve them in our shop, ” said the shop owner, who wanted to be known only as Yong.
“But when we completed their order, they proceeded to gather at the stone tables and chairs outside our shop.”
Yong, 34, said that these customers were told politely that it was against the order to gather in groups and linger around.
“We asked them to leave several times but they did not listen.
“They were also not bothered when we showed them that someone had posted their photos on social media.
“They sat there from 9am and only left at noon,” she said when met at her shop yesterday.
Some of them were regular customers who would gather with their friends outside the shop almost every morning.
“We stacked the stone chairs upside down on one another soon after they left.
“They are very heavy, so I doubt anyone would be able to move them. This was necessary to ensure all of us do not get into trouble.”
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Thursday, 19 Mar 2020 12:31 PM MYT
BY OPALYN MOK
GEORGE TOWN, March 19 — The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has set up a special squad that patrol daily to enforce the federal government’s Movement Control Order (MCO) to contain the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
MBPP Mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang said 50 enforcement officers divided into six teams will patrol the entire island throughout each day.
“They will be going around from morning till midnight each day and visiting all premises to ensure non-essential businesses remain closed until March 31,” he said after chairing a briefing session on the special squad with Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo.
Yew said the officers will advise the public to stay indoors and ensure social distancing is practised at premises providing essential services such as sundry shops and food and beverage outlets.
“They will check all food outlets and restaurants to make sure these places are only providing takeaway and delivery services,” he said.
He added that the special squad will meet daily at its command centre in Komtar to update, plan, monitor and act in accordance with the daily situation.
The officers on the ground will patrol in six 4×4 vehicles and six motorcycles.
According to Jagdeep, MBPP started checking business premises yesterday to ensure that they are adhering to the MCO.
“As of last night, a total 253 notices were issued to traders, food outlets, night markets and businesses under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988,” he said.
He said most of the businesses have complied with the notices and that the city council will continue to monitor the situation for these two weeks.
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Army could be called in if MCO compliance doesn’t improve
Nicholas Chung -March 19, 2020 12:22 PM
PETALING JAYA: Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says only some 60% of Malaysians complied with the movement control order which came into effect yesterday.
“If we have no choice, if compliance remains at 60% or 70%, then I believe that there’s a big possibility that the army will be used,” he said at a press conference today.
He said the army could also be deployed in rural areas as Rela members are presently the ones cooperating with the police in enforcing the MCO in those places.
He reiterated that Malaysians should remain at home at all times during the two-week period, saying, “Stay home and stay safe.”
He said 504 police roadblocks had been set up across the country to monitor the movements of people, with 6,135 vehicles checked as of yesterday.
He said the police had only issued warnings so far, but added that they would begin to enforce the directive more strictly if compliance does not improve.
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