POLICE are awaiting a decision from the public prosecutor’s office over investigations into Klang MP Charles Santiago for allegedly violating the movement-control order (MCO) in April.

North Klang district police chief Nurulhuda Mohd Salleh said an investigation paper on the case had been submitted to the deputy public prosecutor’s office on May 6.

“We are still awaiting a decision (regarding the case) for further action,” she said when asked by reporters about the progress of the case at a press conference today.

She added that statements had been taken from six people, including Santiago on April 28 to complete investigations under Section 269 of the Penal Code and Section 22(b) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.

During the MCO on April 26, Santiago and his aides were at the Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Klang Utama distributing fresh produce to about 200 to 300 local residents.

In the course of investigations, the organisers had also produced a permission letter issued by the welfare department stipulating the activity was to be carried out on April 27 but instead they said it was done a day earlier on April 26.

In another development, Nurulhuda called on the public to stop spreading false information in relation to a hit-and-run case involving a six-year-old boy in Taman Sri Pekan, Kapar, yesterday.

The Myvi driver involved in the incident, a 37-year-old local man, had lodged a report at the Jalan Kapar Traffic police station right after the incident.

“After the incident about 3pm yesterday, the mother of the child immediately took the boy to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital Klang and his condition is now stable.

“The male driver also reported the incident 15 minutes later saying he had hit the child. There was only a misunderstanding among the family members of the child who claimed it was a hit-and-run incident,” she said.

According to Nurulhuda, the grandfather of the child came to the police station at about 8pm to lodge a report claiming his grandson had allegedly been involved in a hit-and-run case but after being given a clear explanation, he did not lodge a report.

“This matter needs to be clarified because I do not want it to cause racial tension due to the spread of fake information (on social media),” she said. – Bernama, June 17, 2020.