Condo Managements Cannot Issue Fines For Face Mask Offences

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Management body of Ampang condominium was wrong to issue a fine, says Ismail Sabri Yaakob.PETALING JAYA: Condominium management bodies have no right to impose any form of penalty on residents who do not wear face masks, senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
A one-year-old boy was reportedly fined RM100 by the management body of a condominium in Ampang earlier this week for not wearing a facemask in a lift, with his mother’s Facebook post on the incident since going viral.
While wearing face mask in public has been mandatory since Aug 1, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had also said children aged two years and below are exempted from the ruling.
Commenting on the matter today, Ismail said only officials from the health ministry and the police have the power to issue a compound against those who fail to wear face masks as such authority falls under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342).
“What the management of the condominium in Ampang did was wrong,” he said during a press conference today.
“The power to issue compounds and take any other action under Act 342 lies with the health ministry and those which the ministry has conferred power upon, like the police.
“Until now, we have not conferred this power on management bodies of condominiums and apartments nor any other offices. They don’t have the power.
“I hope they rescind the compound to this one-year-old. It doesn’t make sense to me.”
Ampang Jaya police chief Mohamad Farouk Eshak told FMT that the boy’s parents have lodged a police report on the matter.
“We’re letting the management sort this out with the complainant. The health ministry has no such rules like this. The management did this themselves,” he said. - FMT

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