Pahang
18/01/2021

Bentong Prison staff, family members in quarantine

Pahang Dec 30, 2020, 11:34:37 AM

All staff of the Bentong Prison and their family members are to be quarantined until the Covid-19 screening process is done with. This is after health authorities identified the Tembok Mempaga cluster yesterday, the Pahang disaster management committee said in a statement today, adding that the move was necessary to ensure there are no transmissions within the local community.

EMCO extended for two areas linked to Genting cluster

Pahang Dec 22, 2020, 11:09:34 AM

The Amber Court Apartments and Ria Apartments in Bentong, Pahang, will remain under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) until Jan 6. However, the EMCO for the Rumah Kongsi Kampung Semaut locality will end tomorrow. All three localities, which are linked to the Genting cluster, were placed under EMCO on Dec 10 and the control order was slated to end tomorrow.

Police deny Genting Highlands management hiding workers tested positive

Pahang Dec 15, 2020, 9:34:05 AM

Police have denied allegations which went viral on social media yesterday that about 1,500 workers in Genting Highlands were housed at a hotel in the resort after being tested positive for Covid-19. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan said the screening on all the workers conducted by the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) came out negative but they were placed at the hotel to undergo the 14-day quarantine.