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Don’t put MCO violators into crowded Sabah prisons, visiting justices say

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Monday, 06 Apr 2020 08:12 PM MYTPolice arrest youths who violate the movement control order in Jelutong, Penang, March 28, 2020. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudi

“This is indeed disheartening for the inmates and officers in the prisons because there is no concrete way to know whether the intake of new inmates are Covid-19 free or positive. There is definitely no room in the prisons for inmates to be quarantined. This will pose a danger to the health and safety of the existing inmates and the officers and subsequently their families too,” she said in a statement today.

Currently, those convicted of breaching MCO may be fined up to RM1,000 or sentenced to imprisonment for up to six months under Rule 3 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020.

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