KUALA LUMPUR: More than 500 people were nabbed for flouting Movement Control Order (MCO) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) yesterday.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said out of 513 detained, 484 people were issued with compounds while the remainder were remanded.
Failure to wear face masks topped the list of offences and accounted for 185 cases.
"The other offences comprised failure to record details at premises (105), not observing physical distancing (79), failing to adhere to movement control (57), gambling (12), participating in activities at entertainment outlets (five), unauthorised interstate and inter-district travel (five), and others (65)," he said in a statement today.
Police conducted 78,260 checks nationwide. Among the places inspected were 5,116 restaurants, 4,345 supermarkets, 3,942 banks, 2,153 hawkers, 1,790 markets, 2,421 factories, and 981 government offices.
Also inspected were 3,011 places of worship, 1,693 recreational spots, 2,616 land transport terminals, 393 water transport terminals and 140 air transport terminals.
Under Op Benteng, 22 undocumented immigrants were detained and four land vehicles were seized.
Ismail Sabri said a total of 462 roadblocks are still operating throughout the country.
Meanwhile, 131 sanitisation operations were carried out throughout the country involving 53 red zones, six orange zones, 12 yellow zones and two green zones.
"A total of 576 individuals returned from abroad yesterday and were placed at quarantine centres."
A total of 161 foreign workers were screened yesterday with none found positive for Covid-19, he said.
To date, 694,695 foreign workers have been screened involving 35,947 employees. 10,280 of them tested positive for Covid-19.
The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry also conducted special SOP compliance checks at 1,329 premises and none were found flouting the SOP.