Johor Bahru south district police chief Mohd Padzli Mohd Zain said that 19 men and 11 women, aged between 16 and 29, were arrested in three separate raids around the city at about 12.15am.

They were issued a RM1,500 compound each.

He said they were believed to have rented two apartments in Jalan Tanjung Puteri and Taman Jaya Putra, respectively, for several days to celebrate Hari Raya.

“During the raid, they were found gathering in the living room without any physical distancing and also did not wear face masks. They have been compounded under Regulation 16 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2021,” he said in a statement today.

Padzli reminded the public to comply with the SOPs issued by the National Security Council to curb the spread of Covid-19, and stern action would be taken against violators.

In Seremban, a barbershop owner at Jalan Pasar Baru, Bahau, Jempol, was issued a RM10,000 compound for breaching MCO 3.0 SOP by operating after 8pm.

Jempol district police chief Hoo Chang Hock said that, during the raid, the 40-year-old barber was still cutting a customer’s hair even though the time showed 8.10pm.

Hoo said that two 19-year-old customers were issued compounds of RM1,500 each for violating SOPs by not wearing face masks.

Throughout MCO 3.0, business operating hours, including at shopping malls and eateries, are from 8am to 8pm, effective throughout the peninsula and federal territory of Labuan, since yesterday.

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