Foreign minister Mohamad Hasan said the Cabinet would also discuss allowing schools to hold lessons online during the Asean Summit in May and Asean Summit with Dialogue Partners in October.

He said the proposals arose after the public inconvenience caused by the road closures in conjunction with Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit, Bernama reported.

“I want to suggest to the Cabinet that staff of certain departments be allowed to work from home, and for schools to carry out their lessons online to reduce congestion and avoid inconveniencing the rakyat, especially in the Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur.

“I also want to apologise to everyone who was affected by the road closures during Xi’s visit,” said Mohamad, who is also known as Tok Mat.

Police closed 17 routes in the Klang Valley and Putrajaya on Tuesday and today for about 30 to 45 minutes in view of Xi’s visit.

Road users were advised to reschedule their journeys and use alternative routes to avoid congestion during the road closures, and to comply with instructions from the personnel on duty.

Access to KLIA Terminal 2 was also temporarily barred due to Xi’s arrival and departure, with passengers only able to reach the terminal via the KLIA Transit rail line from Terminal 1.