North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor
(pic) said two men, aged 60 and 66, were arrested at the Jalan Sungai Nyior roadblock in Butterworth for allegedly trying to cross the border without a valid permission letter.
“Both of them were travelling from Sungai Petani in Kedah without any documents to travel interstate.
“Five men, aged between 23 and 35, were arrested for gathering at Bagan Ajam in Butterworth at 12.30pm.
“All of them failed to maintain physical distancing and were compounded by the Butterworth police station chief.
“A 40-year-old man in Kepala Batas was compounded for failing to control the number of customers in his premises.
BUTTERWORTH: The market in Taman Terbilang, Bagan Ajam has been closed for sanitisation after 43 people tested positive for Covid-19, says Seberang Prai City Council (MBSP) mayor Datuk Rozali Mohamud.