PETALING JAYA: Registration of births and deaths can be done within 90 days after the end of the movement control order (MCO).
Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the home ministry has allowed this grace period in view of the MCO, which curtails movement and travel. This will also prevent people from being penalised for the delay.
Ismail said the same allowance will be given to those with a missing MyKad.
However, those who need to collect their funds under the economic stimulus package are urged to make an appointment with the respective state National Registration Department (JPN) to make a new MyKad.
“Malaysians overseas are also given 90 days after the lockdown ends in their respective countries to register new births and deaths,” he added.
To tighten enforcement of the MCO, the government has also decided to limit the operating hours of automated teller machines from 8am to 8pm.
Ismail said some people were giving the excuse to withdraw money to be out at odd hours of the morning.
As for temporary prisons at Prison’s academies, he said 11 have been gazetted and will start operating from April 23.
“Health officers will be at hand to assist,” he added.
On April 15, Ismail had said the government will convert prison academies throughout the country to accommodate the increasing number of those detained for violating the MCO.
This was to allay fears of overcrowding, making Covid-19 easier to spread.
“At the academies, the same rules will be used as in a normal prison. They will follow the same SOP,” the minister said.
Yesterday, 1,111 individuals were arrested for breaching the MCO, with 987 of them under remand and 114 under police bail.
This brings the number arrested to 14,750 since March 18, when the MCO started.
Ismail also said 820 roadblocks were held yesterday and 451,487 vehicles checked.
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