KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will keep to the timeline of May 12 to gradually open up economic sectors, says Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.
The Chief Minister said the state could not just allow economic activities to resume all of a sudden, despite the announcement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin under the conditional movement control order .
International Trade and Industries Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Azmin Ali said the states that did not follow the conditional MCO to open up most sectors of the economy from May 4 could face lawsuits from the industry players."This is not the time to talk about the law. What we are trying to do is to save lives."What if someone dies from Covid-19 and the family sues us? I’m more afraid of people dying from the disease, ” he said.
He said the spirit of Act 342 was to protect the people from fatal diseases and the state was working within the framework.
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