A TOTAL of 60 customers at an entertainment outlet in the Danga Utama Trade Centre, Johor Baru, were issued compounds for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP).

Johor Baru Utara police chief Rupiah Abd Wahid, said the entertainment outlet, which was operating without a licence, was raided by a CID team from the vice, gambling and secret societies division at 12.45am today.

She said when the police entered the premises, customers were partying with music blaring.

“The manager of the entertainment outlet also failed to produce an entertainment licence, and all the customers were found to have violated the SOP,” she said in a statement here today.

Rupiah added that all customers – comprising 39 men and 21 women, aged 19 to 64 – and the manager and three employees were issued a compound of RM1,000 each, according to Regulation 17 (1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2021.

She said the case was also being investigated in accordance with Section 6 (2) of the Johor Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment. – Bernama, December 26, 2021.