KUANTAN: Parents have been reminded to keep an eye on their children during the ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO) to avoid arrest.
Pahang police chief Datuk Abd Jalil Hassan said parents should be responsible for monitoring their children and keeping tabs on their whereabouts to avoid their being detained for violating the MCO.
"Make sure the children are at home and not disobeying the MCO as they could be arrested. Please monitor your children as the police will further enforce the MCO to ensure no one leave their home.
"Inspections will not only be conducted at town areas or housing settlements but also in rural areas, Felda settlements, 'lorong tikus' (illegal routes) and state borders.
“Checks at Orang Asli settlements showed that the community have been complying with the MCO," he said.
He was speaking to reporters after attending a blood donation programme jointly organised by the Armed Forces and police at the Sri Panching Camp here today.
He said since the MCO was enforced, 24 individuals in the state have been charged in court for violating the law and they have been handed fines amounting RM1,000, and six months’ prison.
Jalil said the police and Armed Forces have set up 42 round-the-clock roadblocks in Pahang and they will be increased at more locations in stages.
"To date, between 95 per cent and 99 per cent of the people in Pahang have complied with the MCO which has been an outstanding achievement. I would like to advise the head of the family who is allowed to go out to purchase daily essentials (to consider) online methods, as more premises have started to offer online facilities to make it easier for people to do their grocery shopping," he said.
Meanwhile, he said 46 members of the Pahang police contingent have been categorised as patients-under-investigation (PUI) for Covid-19 and are currently undergoing 14-days’ self-quarantine in their respective homes.
He said to date, three policemen from the tabligh cluster have tested positive for Covid-19 and are currently being treated at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital here.