PETALING JAYA: Police will intensify spot checks and surveillance in public areas following the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Petaling Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said the move was to ensure full compliance of the standard operating procedures (SOP) during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO).
He said police teams would be sent to the ground to conduct random checks on restaurants, among others.
"The teams, including some plainclothes police will go to these eateries, restaurants and also places popularly frequented by a lot of people in the district.
"If we find any non-compliance (of SOP) or negligence at the premises, both the operator and the customer will be taken to task," he told the New Straits Times when contacted, today.
He said offenders could be compounded RM1,000 under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342).
Nik Ezanee said although 95 per cent of Petaling Jaya residents had complied with the SOP, the people should not be complacent.
"Lately we notice more people have not been adhering to the SOPs especially social distancing because the number of Covid-19
cases had dropped to a single digit.
"We have seen an increase in cases, especially yesterday when there was a sudden surge."
He stressed the importance of stationing staff members at the entrance of public premise to take down the details visitors such as names and body temperature.
Nik Ezanee said during a round of checks yesterday, police arrested four men, including a 36-year-old Malaysian who was on the police, wanted list for two cheating cases, at a restaurant in Encorp Strand, Kota Damansara.
"The remaining three are foreigners aged between 21 and 34. They were arrested for failing to place a body temperature reader, sanitisers and a logbook to record customers at a restaurant.
"They were (also) detained under Section 55 and Section 39(b) of the Immigration Act 1959/63."