PETALING JAYA: The government will leave it to the police to take action against VIPs said to have violated the movement control order (MCO), says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
"I have been made to understand that police reports have been lodged, and we will leave it to the police to take action, ” the Senior Minister said at a press conference Saturday .
Among them is a deputy minister and a Perak state executive council member who were pictured having a meal at a tahfiz school in Lenggong during the movement control order. Ismail, who is also Defence Minister, had previously said that MCO violators would be arrested instead of being given compound notices.
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