NSTnation: 'We started with 21 police road blocks before increasing this to 34 in the second phase. We have 40 police road blocks now and we will increase this further under the third phase.' MCO MovementControlOrder coronavirus covid19
State police chief Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said stricter measures are being taken both on land and at sea following the recent seizure of a boat carrying 202 Rohingya refugees near a beach resort at Jalan Pantai Kok in Teluk Nibung, Langkawi."We started with 21 police road blocks before increasing this to 34 in the second phase. We have 40 police road blocks now and we will increase this further under the third phase.
"But we will tighten checks, especially between 9am and 4pm, who do not have reasons to be on the road. At the beginning of the MCO, about 50 per cent of vehicles were asked to turn back, as they had no valid reason to be on the road. Now, the number is less than a handful," he told newsmen today, adding that he was at a police road block recently, and between 4pm and 11pm, only two vehicles were asked to turn back after the drivers could not provide valid reasons for going out.
He said the flyover, from Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah in Bayan Lepas to George Town, would still be open to traffic as usual.
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