Police confirm report of students allegedly violating SOP when claiming parcels from courier 02 Jul 2021 / 07:12 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
PARIT: Police have confirmed receiving a report about a group of individuals believed to be university students who violated the standard operating procedure (SOP) for Phase One of the Movement Control under the National Recovery Plan when claiming their parcels from a courier company at the front gate of their university in Seri Iskandar on Wednesday.
A video clip of the incident has since gone viral and Perak Tengah District Police chief Supt Barudin Wariso said the report was lodged around 6pm at the Seri Iskandar police station yesterday.
Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad. -filepic
IPOH: There has been no decision made yet to implement stricter movement control order (MCO) measures in Perak, says Datuk Saarani Mohamad.
During a press conference on Wednesday (May 19), the Perak Mentri Besar said the state administration was still discussing the matter. I will have a meeting soon with the state National Security Council. Whatever the decision is, I want everyone to know that we are doing it for the benefit of the people, he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, a message that Perak would be placed under full lockdown similar to the first MCO went viral on social media.
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POLICE yesterday arrested a man to assist in investigation into a rioting incident in Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, footage of which went viral.
Batu Pahat district police chief Ismail Dollah said the 21-year-old man was arrested yesterday night at the Parit Raja police station where he had been summoned to have his statement recorded.
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ACTIVIST lawyer Arnon Nampa (pic), jailed without bail since February on charges of insulting the country’s powerful king, has contracted the coronavirus in custody, a corrections department official said.
“Arnon tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday and at the moment he has been sent to the prison hospital for treatment, ” a corrections department official said on condition of anonymity.
A department statement later confirmed he had contracted the virus.
Arnon, 36, has been a key adviser behind groundbreaking student protests last year that made a once-unthinkable call for reforming Thailand’s monarchy, considered by many conservative Thais to be sacrosanct.
The protests also demanded the resignation of the current prime minister, who first came to power in a 2014 military coup.
Flood victims in PPS Chikus remain at 40 as of 8pm 04 May 2021 / 08:00 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
IPOH: The number of flood victims evacuated to the Temporary Evacuation Centre (PPS) at Dewan Chikus Langkap, in the Hilir Perak district remain the same at 40 residents as of 8pm last night.
A spokesman for the Hilir Perak district disaster management committee secretariat said the victims were still being housed at the PPS as their homes were still flooded with continuous heavy rain.
In a statement released here, the spokesman said that until now, only one PPS was open to accommodate the 40 victims comprising 12 families.