Overseeing things: Penang Island City Council officer Mohamad Azmir Md Ismail making an announcement regarding MCO through the loudspeaker in George Town.
“SO, on Sunday with the soldiers, how?” a family member asked on WhatsApp.
The 50-something civil servant was referring to Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s announcement at around noon yesterday that the government has decided to deploy the army to assist the police with the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) to halt the Covid-19 outbreak.
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