University students have gotten the go ahead to return home if they had been stuck on campus when the Movement Control Order was placed into effect. Now, other people who are stuck at their hometowns or elsewhere and want to return home will have to continue being patient.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the dates they are allowed to travel back does not begin on May 1, according to a Bernama report.
He goes on to mention that there was some confusion about the travel dates when the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) issued a statement that May 1 to 3 were the permitted dates.
He said that the public have until May 1 to register through an appointment at the police station, but registration can also be done through the Gerak Malaysia application.
Thus far, 300,000 people have registered through the app, with 100,000 who applied to get the movement permit to travel because they were stranded in their hometowns, and could not return to their home due to the MCO.
Ismail Sabri goes on to say that once all the data and information have been obtained from the public’s applications, the National Security Council, Health Ministry and PDRM will discuss the standard operation procedure, including travel dates.
