Penang proposes EMCO for remand prison, staff quarters after 141 inmates test positive for Covid-19 | Malay Mail

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Penang proposes EMCO for remand prison, staff quarters after 141 inmates test positive for Covid-19

Monday, 12 Oct 2020 07:22 PM MYTPenang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow speaks to the press at Komtar, October 12, 2020. He said the state can only propose the implementation of EMCO to the national security council for consideration. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

“The proposed EMCO will involve a total 2,306 inmates in the remand prison and 318 prisons department staff and families at the prison staff quarters,” he said in a press conference at his office today. Chow said the state can only propose the implementation of EMCO to the national security council for consideration.

“The state secretary will hold meetings at state and district level to mobilise relevant agencies to support the enforcement of EMCO if the NSC agrees to our proposal,” he said.

 

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