MP: Instil greater awareness, not stiffer penalties to deal with Covid-19

COVID-19 | Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah said the government should be instilling greater awareness on precise guidelines for the movement control order (MCO), instead of imposing stiffer penalties on those flouting the rules.

This came after Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today that the government may amend the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1998 to increase compound fines against those violating the standard operating procedures (SOP).

"The issue is not in having heavier penalties. Awareness and precise guidelines are still lacking at all levels," she said in a statement today...