Recently, many Malaysian has expressed their outrage after the compound fine for breaking SOPs during the MCO was increased from RM1,000 to RM10,000. This is because there are so many confusions arise because of the announcement. There have been so many cases were imposed with impossible compound fees that they are unable to afford.
Due to that, the issue has been explained thoroughly and also tweeted on the Ministry Of Health Malaysia official Twitter page. Hopefully, the public could understand better the decision that has been made by the government.
Kesalahan kerana gagal memakai pelitup muka, tidak mendaftar sebelum memasuki premis dan tiada penjarakan fizikal akan dikompaun RM1,500 daripada nilai maksimum RM10,000.
— KKMalaysia🇲🇾 (@KKMPutrajaya) March 17, 2021
According to the tweet, these are the details:
- First-time offenders and individuals who do not wear masks will be fined RM1,500.
- Those who don’t register themselves or use the MySejahtera app to check-in will be fined RM1,500.
- Those who do not adhere to physical distancing will be fined RM1,500.
They also added in the tweet, “50% discount if paid within a week, 25% discount if paid within 14 days. After 14 days, no discount is offered”.