PUTRAJAYA: The government has established the standard operating procedure (SOP) for foreign worker quarters and rumah kongsi in the country as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said both premises have the SOP set up by the Human Resource Ministry.
He said foreign worker quarters were placed under the supervision of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) while rumah kongsi was under the supervision of the Human Resource Ministry.
“Both premises have SOPs relating to living space, floor area, gathering place, number of individuals living and so on,” he told the daily media conference on developments in the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) here today.
Ismail Sabri also announced that the government will deport all illegal immigrants who tested negative for Covid-19 to their countries of origin.
He had earlier chaired the Special Meeting on the Management of Illegal Immigrants and said matters relating to the deportation process will be discussed by the Foreign Ministry and its counterparts as well as embassies of the countries involved soon.
“Among other matters agreed to in the meeting was having swab tests on all illegal immigrants detained at the immigration depots in KLIA, Bukit Jalil and Semenyih,” he added. – May 26, 2020, Bernama
