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Cops deny claims of travel restrictions in Sabah districts

Messages circulating on social media claimed that workers were not allowed to conduct any business or personal travels in or out of Tawau and Lahad Datu.

Bernama
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Five positive cases were detected following screening in the district.
Five positive cases were detected following screening in the district.

Police have denied claims on social media of travel restrictions imposed in Tawau and Lahad Datu following a surge in Covid-19 cases there.

Sabah police commissioner Hazani Ghazali said the claims were untrue, and that police had not received any directives on such restrictions.

“The matter will be decided in a meeting with the chief minister (Shafie Apdal) this morning,” he said when contacted today.

The messages circulating on social media claimed that workers were not allowed to conduct any business or personal travels in or out of Tawau and Lahad Datu following the latest Covid-19 numbers issued by the health ministry.