THE National Security Council may tighten its standard operating procedure to put a stop to cases of people fleeing quarantine centres.

Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said NSC will study the latest incident, in which seven foreigners escaped.

“Previously, two men escaped from Selangor Mansion, and they have since been detained. Surely this time, police will catch them, too.

“NSC will of course look into this seriously. There may need to be a change to the SOP and a tightening of the regulation,” he said in Putrajaya this afternoon.

English daily The Star today reported that seven Indonesians and Bangladeshis ran away from a quarantine centre in Kuala Lumpur, the facility’s second such incident.

The group, who were living with suspected Covid-19 patients in Selangor Mansion, Menara City One and Kg Baru, had been ordered quarantined until tomorrow.

Doctors making their rounds found the men missing at 10am yesterday.

The foreigners allegedly cut the centre’s perimeter fence during sahur to escape. They have yet to be found.

On Saturday, a Bangladeshi man fled the same facility. He, too, has yet to be traced. – May 6, 2020.