Police ready to move in on tabligh participants in PJ
CORONAVIRUS | Petaling Jaya police today said that they have received information on the identities of participants of the Sri Petaling tabligh gathering who came from the district.
District police chief Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said they are on standby to assist the Health Ministry in bringing the individuals for Covid-19 screening....
CORONAVIRUS | Petaling Jaya police today says they have received information on the identities of participants of the Sri Petaling tabligh gathering who came from the district.
District police chief Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal (above) said they are on standby to assist the Health Ministry in bringing the individuals for Covid-19 screening.
"Yes, there are a number of them in Petaling Jaya.
"We have been informed (of the participants), and we are ready to assist the Health Ministry in approaching these tabligh members," he told reporters at Taman Dato Harun earlier today.
Nik Ezanee was there for a ceremony to welcome a team of Armed Forces personnel, who were deployed today to assist the district police in enforcing the movement control order.
However, when asked how many of the participants were traced back to Petaling Jaya, the officer said he was not at liberty to reveal such information.
Earlier today, Senior Minister Ismail Sabri again made a plea to the participants of the gathering who have yet to be screened for Covid-19 to do so as soon as possible.
He also reiterated warning that police have already identified those who have yet to come forward, and they should surrender themselves before action is taken by the authorities.
Health authority estimated that the gathering held at Sri Petaling Mosque in Kuala Lumpur from Feb 27 to March 1 was attended by some 16,000 people including foreigners.
This figure was however disputed by several tabligh leaders who claimed that the number was not as high, and was around 12,500.
High concern on the gathering participants came as the number of patients tested positive with the virus, and deaths, so far consisted mainly of those who are connected to the cluster.
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