KUALA LUMPUR: The government has placed 10 areas in Sabah and Sarawak under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) for two weeks starting June 17 following a spike in Covid-19 cases.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in Sabah, two localities in Kalabakan; two each in Tawau and Kota Kinabalu; and one each in Kota Belud and Kudat would be under EMCO until June 30.
He said in Kalabakan, the Health Ministry recorded 11 positive cases in Kampung Rancangan, and eight positive cases in Kampung Kijang Merotai.
In Tawau, Ismail Sabri said 15 out of 21 people in Kampung Tanjung Batu Tengah tested positive, while 16 out of 19 people tested positive at Taman Semarak Megah.
The Health Ministry, he added, also reported 10 positive cases out of 21 people tested in Kampung Rampayan, Kota Kinabalu, and in Kampung Kionsom Kecil, 13 out of 36 people were reported positive.
In Kampung Taun Gusi Peninting in Kota Belud, eight out of 10 people tested positive.
The EMCO would also be enforced at the Taman Ehsan People's Housing Project in Kudat, where eight out of 41 people screened, tested positive.
"The Health Ministry has found that cases have begun spreading, with a high infectivity rate in this locality.
"The EMCO is to restrict the movement and transmission of Covid-19 from spreading out of these localities."
In Sarawak, the EMCO will be enforced at Kampung Goebilt and Kampung Muara Tebas in Kuching, Sarawak.
Ismail Sabri said in Kampung Goebilt, 24 people tested positive out of 264, while 22 out of 50 people in Kampung Muara Tebas were found to be positive.
"After a risk assessment conducted with various agencies in the MCO technical committee and on the advice of the Health Ministry, the EMCO at all these locations will be enforced from June 17 (Thursday) until June 30."
Ismail Sabri also announced that the EMCO in Kampung Simpangan, Tuaran, Sabah, has been extended until June 30. It was originally scheduled to end tomorrow (June 16).
He said to date, the Health Ministry had conducted 438 tests where 24 had tested positive.
"The Health Ministry also found that there is still a continuous outbreak among the residents in the area and new cases are still being recorded in this locality."
Meanwhile, the EMCO will be lifted in several areas in Kota Belud, Sandakan, Lahad Datu and Penampang in Sabah; in Manjung, Perak; and in Raub, Pahang.
Ismail Sabri said the EMCO in Taman Nikmat, Kampung Pirasan and Kampung Dundau in Kota Belud would end at 11.59pm on June 16.
The EMCO in Lorong Taman Utama 5, 6, 7, and 8, in Taman Utama, and Lorong Ulu Sibuga 5 and 9, Phase 7 in Taman Mawar, Sandakan; Kampung Sepagaya Hulu in Silam, Lahad Datu; and Kampung Sugud in Penampang would end at 11.59pm tonight (June 15) as scheduled.
"The three villages in Batu 9 Lekir, Mukim Lekir in Manjung, Perak, which will have the EMCO lifted are Kampung Tanjung Kepah, Kampung Batu 9, and Kampung Sungai Lombong.
"After a risk assessment and on advice by the Health Ministry, the EMCO will end as scheduled on June 15."
The EMCO in Felda Tersang 1, 2, and 3 in Mukim Batu Talam, Raub, Pahang, would also be lifted at 11.59pm tonight.
On daily arrests, Ismail Sabri said the police detained 854 individuals for violating standard operating procedures.
Of the total, 819 had been slapped with compounds while 35 others were remanded.
The offences include not using face masks (196), travelling interstate or district without permission and dining in (173), failing to record details when entering premises (145), and not observing physical distancing (98).
He said other offences also reported were not adhering to the MCO (83), carrying excess passengers (65), entertainment centre activities (32), premises not adhering to rules (8), and others (54).
Ismail Sabri, who is also Defence Minister, said the authorities had also detained 14 illegal migrants and seized two land vehicles and two boats under Ops Benteng.
"In the operation, 171 boats or ships were also detected through six sighting activities."