KUCHING: Twenty-five motorcyclists were compounded for travelling from Kota Samarahan to Simunjan without a permit on Tuesday.
Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner, Datuk Dev Kumar said that among them was a police personnel from the Kota Samarahan district headquarters.
“The motorcyclists were stopped by a police team conducting a snap check at KM1 Jalan Tun Openg, Simunjan at around 2pm,” he said in a press statement.
It also said that the group was believed to be heading to Kampung Nanas, Simunjan after stopping by at the district’s town centre.
Dev revealed that none of the suspects — who were all from Kota Samarahan —managed to show their inter-district travel permit during the check.
“The suspects also failed to provide police with a reasonable excuse to why they were travelling to Simunjan on their motorcycles.
“At the station, the suspects later admitted that they were out for a joy ride from Kota Samarahan to Simunjan after not being able to ride their motorcycles for quite some time,” Dev continued.
All suspects were later brought to the Simunjan District Police Headquarters, and each of them were issued with a compound for offences under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within Infected Local Areas)(No. 6) Regulations 2020.
After receiving their compounds, the suspects were told to return to Kota Samarahan via Sadong Bridge.
