Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah said the government should be instilling greater awareness on precise guidelines for the movement control order (MCO), instead of imposing stiffer penalties on those flouting the rules.

This came after Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the government may amend the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1998 to increase compound fines against those violating the standard operating procedures (SOP).