How about you explain to Johor voters why harsher penalties for Covid SOP violators? Guan Eng tells BN
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Barisan Nasional must explain why it supports stiffer punishment against people who fail to comply with the Covid-19 regulations, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today.
He accused the federal government of deliberately scheduling debates on the Bill in the Dewan Rakyat for after March 12, when the state election would be over. “For this reason, BN including both Umno, MCA and MIC must come clean on their support for these proposed amendments that are inimical to the interests of the people,” Lim added.
Last December, the Health Ministry reduced some penalties on individuals and corporate bodies found flouting Covid-19 SOPs. As for the general penalty for offences committed under Act 342, the ministry has also proposed a maximum fine of RM50,000 and a maximum three years’ jail or both for individuals, which is about half of the Bill’s initial proposal of a maximum fine of RM100,000 and maximum seven years’ jail or both for individual offenders.
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