KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia for April 2021 has dropped to 4.6 per cent which was the lowest rate since October 2020, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today on Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, April 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The police have approved 12,000 inter-district and inter-state travel applications daily since the total lockdown came into effect on June 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — All police training centres and military camps nationwide are not allowed to carry out any new activities, training or classes during the total lockdown period, said Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — Employers who force their workers to be present at the workplace despite being non-essential services can be reported to the Human Resource Ministry (MHR) said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

BALAKONG, June 2 — Police issued 781 compounds and arrested 11 individuals for various offences on the first day of the total lockdown, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Be it a total lockdown or partial lockdown, the Covid-19 pandemic is not likely to end if the people continue to flagrantly violate the standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are in place to stem the transmission of the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) closed the operations of its one-stop counters (tax services) and government special assistance counters at its branch offices, satellite offices, revenue service centres and at its offices at the Urban Transformation Centres nationwide throughout the total lockdown from yesterday until June 14.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The enforcement of total lockdown begins today, and at the same time, the Royal Malaysia Police is stepping up roadblocks and inspections nationwide.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) will close operations and facilities under its supervision during the total lockdown period enforced from today until June 14.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The total lockdown which will be implemented and enforced by the government from today is not a curfew, but to limit the movement of people so that they will not go out of the house without a purpose.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Counter services at all Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) branch offices will be closed temporarily starting tomorrow until further notice following the implementation of the total lockdown, except for critical matters and by appointments only.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — All construction work nationwide must be stopped during the total lockdown period, except for those listed under the critical services list, said Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will close its offices and service counters nationwide from June 1-14, 2021, in line with the implementation of the first phase of a total lockdown during the period.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — Long-distance married couples (PJJ) will not be allowed to embark on interstate or interdistrict travel for a period of 14 days during the total lockdown from June 1, as part of efforts to contain the Covid-19 infection, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — Only 17 essential service sectors are allowed to operate during the implementation of the total lockdown, effective from June 1 to 14.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) urged the government to allow activities in the import and export sectors — including ports, warehousing and transportation of goods — to continue during the total lockdown period.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) Cost of Living Committee today said that it supports the government’s decision to implement the first phase of total lockdown on the social and economic sectors nationwide for 14 days starting June 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Currently there is no need for a total lockdown to be implemented but the move can still be considered to address the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Following are the rebuttal of several fake news that went viral on social media as of 7 pm today, according to Communications and Multimedia Ministry’s Quick Response Team’s press release.