Photo taken this morning showing crowd at the compound of the state Immigration department premises at the expense of personal health.
KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) secretary-general George Lo has found it unacceptable for the state Immigration Department to make so many people congregate at the Federal Complex here this morning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lo said this when referring to photos from netizens of people, mostly West Malaysians, crowding the compound of the building in Jalan Simpang Tiga with a long queue stretching to the road outside the building.
Lo said the State government should have granted an automatic extension and make online applications mandatory to prevent crowding.
Photo taken this morning showing crowd at the compound of the State Immigration department premises at the expense of personal health.
“We need more pro-active and faster action from the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to prevent something like this from happening. This is similar to the Pakan queue for permits for inter district travel,” he said, referring to the recent crowd at Pakan police station of people wanting to apply for permits just to get to the banks in Sarikei town.
“Where is the rule against two or more persons being together in a public place? Should all these people be arrested?” he added.
The Immigration Department announced through a media statement on Monday that those who need to renew their passes or extend their stay have to go to its office today to get the matter done.
“Why can’t they apply online?” said Lo.