PUTRAJAYA, April 28 — There is no point in temporarily lifting the movement control order (MCO) only to re-enforce it later, according to Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said if the government were to lift the MCO, it should be done once and for all.
“For me, if we want to lift the MCO, we should lift it once and for all. There’s no point ending the MCO period only to have it in force again later. It will only make our lives difficult.
“Let’s stay disciplined and deal with it now for our own convenience in the future,” he told the daily press conference on MCO here today.
Ismail Sabri said the MCO could be ended earlier and the people could enjoy less restrictions if the number of Covid-19 cases showed a long-term decline.
“Although the number of infections has dropped, but it can spike again. It happened in some countries. Once they lifted the restrictions, the Covid-19 cases in those countries spiked again, and they had to order another lockdown,” he said.
In another development, he said that the police had arrested 489 people for flouting the MCO yesterday.
A total of 832 roadblocks were mounted nationwide by the security forces over the past 24 hours, during which 616,917 vehicles were inspected, he added.
— Bernama
