While travel restrictions between Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya were eased on September 10, the limitations of non-interstate travel under the national recovery plan (NRP) are still in place, and that means you can’t travel beyond these borders to another state.
Ignorance – or pushing your luck – may be bliss, but not if you happen to come across a police roadblock. A total of 12 people found that out the hard way when they were issued compound fines on September 15 for violating movement restrictions by attempting interstate travel from KL to Genting Highlands, which everyone knows is in Pahang.
In a statement issued by the Bentong district police yesterday, the happy travellers were stopped at a snap roadblock set up at the KM17 Kee Sang checkpoint, and failed to produce valid interstate travel documents as issued by the police. The 10 men and two women, aged between 20 to 58, were fined for the violation.
Bentong district police chief Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the compounds were issued under Regulation 17(1) Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulation (No 2) 2021, where can carry up to a RM5,000 fine for the infraction.
So, while the idea of getting some fresh air and stretching your car’s legs may sound like a good idea, take note of the geographical location of state borders. Else, it could well be a costly outing, one where you don’t even get to the intended destination.
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Langkawi can go. Genting cannot.
Langkawi is a bubble, Genting is a cluster
In this current gomen, Genting can open. But schools remain closed. So no problem..
Otak kat lutut ke? Schools can you control?
Of course, if you didn’t go to school before, no problem for you if schools remain closed.
The police is there for some quick cash, why did they not offer. Anyway, don’t pay the compound, go to court. Give a grandmother excuse and get fined RM50.00.
Well done! It is no wonder our cases never goes down with these people around.
Thanks for contributing to our nation’s coffers.
Yay! Kasi saman more, clearly it’s interstate but they just wanna do it
Oh ya btw, issue summons based on car insured value la.. see the bmw guy will pay off 5k happily, wira guy 5k is almost 75% his car price
Sometimes the guy with Wira spends more on the gambling table than that Beemer owner, most of them are posers anyway. Should fine them based on how much they bringing to the casino.
12 persons better spent 60k booking helicopter return flights GH
Hold your horses people. Time will come when we all can ke sana ke sini ke sana ke sini.
Great job by the police
Genting is in Singapore….
Did you fail in Geography somehow?
Genting is a Malaysian company. They also own the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.o
Ahh no wonder everything even plain water cost so much more at Genting. Still I prefer Malaysian holidays are Malaysian prices.
nebermind. Now lost marney to saman. Later win back double from Genting Casino.
no physical gambling and now online gambling is mushrooming and government have a hard time controlling online gambling. so which is a lesser devil?
Har?? Genting is in Pahang?? I thought Genting is in Petaling Jaya.
Geography should be made compulsory to pass.
How come go langkawi no problem but go genting cannot? What kind of SOP is this?
If fully vaccinated people can cross Selangor to kl why they can’t cross from Kl to Genting,that’s mean still we can’t go anywhere for leisure
Just wondering if the police officer would issue the compound on the spot or send them straight to court to defend themselves later.