Strict Monitoring By Police To Ensure Tourists Comply With Sop In Langkawi

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KUALA KEDAH (Bernama): Police will be stricter with monitoring to ensure tourists comply with standard operating procedures (SOP) set for the tourism bubble on the resort island of LAngkawi from Thursday (Sept 16).
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said the Langkawi district police headquarters would mobilise and may increase personnel to ensure SOP compliance checks were conducted more effectively.
"Although there will be a tourism bubble in place, all visitors must comply with every SOP set.... Those who wish to come to Langkawi need to have police approval as well.
"They need to get approval at their place of residence. For instance, if they stay in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, they need to get written permission from Brickfields (police station),” he told reporters when visiting an area here under the enhanced movement control order (MCO) on Sunday (Sept 12).
He said the approval letter issued by the Royal Malaysia Police for the pioneer travel bubble programme in Langkawi was only needed by tourists using land routes.
Mazlan said air travellers did not require written permission from the police as announced by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin earlier in the day.
On a separate matter, Mazlan said the issue of fishermen in Kuala Kedah being unable to bring out their catch from the enhanced MCO area has been resolved.
"There is no issue for fishermen to bring out their catch which can easily go bad... we allow them to bring it out,” he added.
The media recently reported that the earnings of around 1,000 fishermen in Kuala Kedah were affected when they could not go out to sea and bring out their catch following the enhanced MCO being imposed in their area from Sept 6.
The order, being enforced until Sept 19, involves the entire area in the sub-district except for three villages: Kampung Teluk Talipon, Kampung Baru Bakar Kapur and Kampung Padang Garam. – Bernama

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