Police to use MySejahtera data to nab home quarantine violators
The Home Ministry has asked the Health Ministry to provide real-time MySejahtera data to the police, so that home quarantine violators can be detained.
This comes after the authorities detected 523 MySejahtera check-ins from those who were supposed to stay home as part of a home surveillance order...
The Home Ministry has asked the Health Ministry to provide real-time MySejahtera data to the police, so that home quarantine violators can be detained.
This comes after the authorities detected 523 MySejahtera check-ins from those who were supposed to stay home as part of a home surveillance order.
About 18 percent of the check-ins by quarantine violators were done at supermarkets, according to Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin.
"The Health Ministry has been asked to give real-time Home Surveillance Order (HSO) violation data to the police for enforcement in the field," he said at a press conference today.
Hamzah said with the real-time data, police can either move in to detain the HSO violators while they're still out and about or when they're at home.
He added that businesses that allow people who are supposed to be quarantined in their homes may also face action.
On Sept 15, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said 500 check-ins were found to be breaking quarantine in Kedah just within one week.
This involved individuals who were Covid-19 positive or high-risk individuals placed under home quarantine.
Khairy said there was a need to tighten checks on the MySejahtera application status of individuals at all premises, especially supermarkets, to ensure those placed under the HSO do not gain entry.
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