Lawyer: MCO arrests 'unjustified', violate Criminal Procedure Code

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CORONAVIRUS | A Klang Valley-based lawyer has called out the thousands of arrests made for alleged violations of the government-imposed movement control order (MCO) as largely “unjustified”. According to Jacky Loi, this is because the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) does not provide for arrests without a warrant for offences punishable with a prison term of less than three years and for offences that do not fall under the Penal Code. Under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020 (PCID, Measures Within The Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020, those found guilty would be liable to a fine of up to RM1,000, a jail term of up to six months or both. “Hence, it is clear that violators of the PCID shall not be arrested without a warrant,” Loi told Malaysiakini. Instead, police should issue bail and summon the MCO violators to attend court on a fixed date to be …