Cancel Fines Says Minister After Confusion Over Mysejahtera Update

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Senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the people must be honest in keeping authorities informed about their health.PETALING JAYA: Failure to update the MySejahtera application is not an offence, and compound fines issued on this basis should be cancelled, senior minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.
He advised enforcement officers not to be mistaken when interpreting National Security Council guidelines.
Ismail’s clarification comes in the wake of compound notices issued by the police on 31 factory workers in Perak on Saturday for not updating their health status on MySejahtera.
Perak police said earlier today that the compound notices would be cancelled. Bernama quoted state police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid as saying the Attorney-General’s Chambers would be informed about the cancellation.
He said the health ministry’s Inspectorate and Legal Unit had confirmed that MySejahtera users need to update their health status only when they are confirmed Covid-19 positive or have symptoms, or are close contacts of a Covid-19 case or have an overseas travel history.
Ismail said that although it is not an offence not to update MySejahtera, people must take responsibility to make sure it is up to date.
“This is because MySejahtera is an application developed by the government to assist in monitoring the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country by enabling users to perform self-health assessments,” he said.
“The application is not only for us to scan when we enter a place, but more importantly to provide updates every day, or whenever necessary, depending on our movements and activities during the day.”
He said citizens need to be honest in providing accurate information about symptoms and contacts to ensure the chain of infection can be effectively broken. - FMT

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