KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Overcrowding in prisons that can cause the spread and rise in Covid-19 cases could be curbed with a special ordinance under the Emergency proclamation.
Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali said the security cluster under the Emergency Management Technical Committee can put forward a suggestion of borrowing any building to be used as a temporary depot.
“Overcrowding in prisons is among the factors behind the rise in Covid-19 cases because of the nature of prisons, where inmates being held in a single location and in large numbers.
“With the purpose of stopping or reducing the potential Covid-19 infections, an ordinance that we could formulate would enable us to move the inmates to a temporary depot to reduce the number of detainees in prison and comply with the standard operating procedures (SOP),” he said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today proclaimed an emergency that will be enforced.
PUTRAJAYA: The country’s civil service is not affected by the proclamation of Emergency, assures Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 12): The proclamation of state of emergency by the King earlier this morning does not entail a military coup and the civilian government will continue to function, according to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
In a nationally televised address this morning, Muhyiddin assured that there will be no curfew imposed under the emergency. He said the state of emergency is declared in order to empower the King to promulgate ordinances that may facilitate government affairs and overcome any regulations that make it difficult to deliver fast, efficient and effective public health services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
PETALING JAYA: A group of PhD scholars under Pertubuhan Intelektual Negara (Pintar) have declared their support for the King s proclamation of emergency as a proactive measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Pintar president Prof Dr Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor said 222 PhD scholars were in full support of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah s wisdom in giving his consent to the Cabinet s proposal to declare a Emergency. We highly commend the decision of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to agree to the government s decision to form an independent committee comprising government and opposition MPs, health experts and other related experts, as well as giving the independent committee the discretion to recommend to the King if the Emergency declaration can be concluded much earlier than the period ending on Aug 1, he said in a statement on Tuesday (Jan 12).