KUALA LUMPUR: City police are not opening investigation papers on doctors who took part in Monday's Hartal Doktor Kontrak (HDK) protest in the Klang Valley.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said as of now, no doctors were being investigated for their participation in the protest urging the government to give contract doctors permanent positions.
"I do not know of any doctors being investigated over the incident," he told Berita Harian, today.
Selangor police chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed also confirmed that no doctors were called in for investigations over the protest.
However, he said, some were called to assist an ongoing investigation into an intrusion on the same day of the protest, at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park (MAEPS) Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) in Serdang.
"No doctors in Selangor were investigated for attending the protest. We only recorded their statements after receiving a report from the PKRC MAEPS management regarding intrusion.
"This matter is under investigation, including efforts to identify those who had broken into the facility without permission," he said.
It was reported earlier that police were currently investigating a report on six media practitioners from various agencies who had allegedly broken into PKRC MAEPS Serdang last Monday.
Sepang deputy police Superintendent Md Noor Aehawan Mohamed, was quoted as saying that the affected area was a hall housing 496 Covid-19 positive female patients.
On another matter regarding a helicopter which crossed the state line to pick up 'nasi ganja', Arjunaidi said permission was given for it to land in Ipoh, Perak for maintenance and not to pick up food.
"The matter is being investigated by the Perak police. Please give them space and time to conduct their investigations," he said.
Yesterday, it was reported that investigation papers on the matter will be referred to the Deputy Public Prosecutor soon.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said investigations were carried out under Regulation 16 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulations Act 1988.
Last Friday, a helicopter landed in Padang Ipoh, about 10am to pick up 36 packets of 'nasi ganja' from a restaurant in the city.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) said the helicopter took off from the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Selangor at 9.08am last Friday and returned at 11.02am the same day as scheduled.