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Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Government is considering a proposal to provide flexibility in the radius of more than 10 kilometres (KM) during the Movement Control Order (MCO).

State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the State Government was also studying the need to implement it as suggested by Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali.

He said currently the State Government, as previously, handed over the implementation of roadblocks to the security forces to ensure the public complied with the rules and standard operating procedures (SOPs) set during the MCO.

“However, people who need to make important trips can get police permission to cross districts,” he said.

Hazani had previously suggested to the Sabah State Government to allow the public to be able to move beyond the 10km radius after taking into account the vastness of the State, including the inlands which require residents to move beyond that distance to buy their necessities.

Elaborating further, Masidi said, the MCO in Kota Kinabalu covers three areas, including Penampang and Putatan, as a result no roadblocks will be set up in the area because it is categorised as one district.