SELF-employed persons who need to travel for work must get a letter of approval from the police, Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

He said they must go to the nearest police station to get an approval letter for work or to cross state lines.

“We understand they don’t have an employer to give them an approval letter to state where they working.

“My advice is to get the movement approval letter from the police,” he said at press conference today.

Ismail Sabri was responding to the case of a food stall owner who was fined RM1,000 at a roadblock for failing to have a letter from his employer, as he was self-employed.

He said that with the letter they can pass through any road block.

“This is the best way for those who don’t have employers.”

Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said police have arrested 553 individuals for violating CMCO guidelines.

Of that number, a total of 532 individuals were compounded, while 21 individuals were remanded.

Among the offenses of disobeying CMCO included failure to provide equipment or record customer details (165), not wearing the face mask (153), no social distancing (87) premises operating overtime or without permission (37) entertainment centre activities (18) and others (93). – October 30, 2020.