It has been said enough times that no interstate travel for the reason of celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri will be permitted during the conditional movement control order (CMCO), but there are still many who don’t seem to understand the message and persist in attempting to apply for an interstate travel permit for that reason.
According to Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, state police have been receiving between 1,000 to 1,500 interstate permit applications daily from the public over the past few days, with 70% of these being from those seeking to return to their hometowns to celebrate Aidilfitri, Bernama reports.
He said application from those wanting to return to their hometowns to celebrate Hari Raya were rejected, stating that interstate travel will only be permitted only for emergency cases. “As such, please do not waste your time applying if the reason for interstate travel is only for celebrating Aidilfitri,” he told the public.
“If they are still stubborn, they will be instructed to turn around at the state exit. There are still 33 roadblocks at several exits across the state borders, including at the highway and state roads or villages. Those traveling without an authorisation letter will be asked to turn back,” he said.
Yesterday, senior minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob revealed that last Friday and Saturday, police caught out 1,756 motorists attempting to make their way back to their hometowns, and ordered them to turn back. “On Friday, the police caught 508 motorists who tried to balik kampung, and on Saturday another 1,248 attempted the same,” he said during his daily non-health briefing.
He said that those who managed to sneak to their hometowns to celebrate Hari Raya authorities should not be too happy about having managed to do so, stating that authorities will be making an effort to nab violators for breaking the CMCO. The police has said it will form a special task force to identify individuals who have travelled interstate without police permission.
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With everyday 16-22 cases domestic transmission. Still activating this MCO lockdown is a joke man.
Even tho cases are coming down, we still need MCO to effectively eradicate any local transmission cases. So no, MCO isn’t a joke. It has been proven to work and have been commended by WHO.
What MCO lockdown?
What joke?
Bro is the 16-22 cases from the entire Malaysian population of 30 million who has been tested negative??? If not then precautions is still necessary as we still cannot ascertain who is safe with only 300k+ tested.
The majority have either balik kampung prior to MCO or coming back home from kampungs. I hope the minorities stop wasting authorities time and testing their patience by returning back to their villages. Please heed the warnings from authorities. Don’t try to play-play and balik to your villages.
Start issuing summons. 1k for misusage of interstate travel to balik kampung, 1k per person in the car. Confirm all duduk diam diam di rumah, tak ke sini ke sana ke sini ke sana.
Agreed, better to issue Rm1k saman per person in each car, the ah bengs can pay so no worries. This could be another income stream for our country.
Offenders must be put in jail. Let them have a memorable raya celebration in jail. Besh!
What if we continue to have new covid-19 cases? Are we to continue with interstate travel banned?