KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested 550 individuals for committing various offences against the Movement Control Order's (MCO) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) yesterday such as failure to wear a face mask and register themselves when entering premises.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 17 were remanded while 532 were slapped with compounds, and one granted bail.
"There were 193 people who failed to register themselves into premises followed by 122 who did not wear a mask; and 72 who failed to follow other SOPs.
"The police also arrested 57 individuals who failed to adhere to physical distancing; four who tried to cross states or districts without permission and 101 for other offences," he said.
The restricted movement control task force headed by the police conducted 69,617 inspections nationwide on SOP compliance.
Ismail Sabri said 3,421 compliance teams made up of 15,226 personnel conducted checks at 4,240 supermarkets; 5,493 restaurants; 2,452 hawker stalls as well as 3,918 banks and 1,289 government offices.
"They also monitored operations at 1,912 wet markets; houses of worship (3,271) and recreational areas (1,766) as well as 1,851 transport terminals, 306 water transport terminals and 86 air transport terminals."
Ismail Sabri said under Op Benteng, authorities arrested 25 undocumented immigrants and seized two land vehicles yesterday.
He said 385 Op Penawar roadblocks were mounted nationwide by the police, Malaysian Border Security Agency (Aksem) and the armed forces; 88 roadblocks under Op Benteng PDRM and nine roadblocks under Op Benteng Aksem.
There are 673 people under isolation at respective quarantine centres nationwide.
They were among 208,191 people who returned to Malaysia from abroad or permitted to enter the country between July 24 last year and Thursday (May 20).
They were subsequently placed under quarantine at 68 hotels and 11 facilities nationwide.
Yesterday, a total 337 foreigners underwent screening tests and a total 10 Covid-19 positive cases were recorded.
The Human Resources Ministry reported that a total 695,192 foreign workers have undergone screening tests involving 35,986 employers.
"Of the total, 10,294 people tested positive while another 684,898 were negative. Until now, as many as 1,544 clinics have been involved in the screening programme," he said.
The mandatory Covid-19 screening test for all foreign workers was enforced since Feb 1 this year.