{"id":66837,"date":"2020-03-23T16:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=66837"},"modified":"2020-03-23T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:16:16","slug":"malaysia-to-decide-on-extension-of-mco-before-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=66837","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to decide on extension of MCO before March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/muhyiddin-march-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/muhyiddin-march-1024x731.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/muhyiddin-march-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/muhyiddin-march-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>PUTRAJAYA, March 23 &#8212; Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin during a special press conference after chairing the second weekly meeting of the Economic Action Council at Perdana Putra. Also present was Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Aziz (right). Photo courtesy of BERNAMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PUTRAJAYA, March 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The National Security Council (MKN) will be meeting before the end of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 31 to determine whether there is a need to extend it, said Prime Minister\u00a0Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Before the MCO&nbsp;ends on March 31, MKN will meet on whether the&nbsp;measure taken was adequate or is there a need to extend it by a week or two,\u201d&nbsp;he told reporters after chairing&nbsp;an Economic Action Council (EAC) meeting here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhyiddin said the decision depended on the level of compliance on MCO which&nbsp;is at almost 90 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut there are still some who did not obey the MCO which I hope would reach 100 per cent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that from one angle, MCO is&nbsp;said to be effective but if movements could be reduced to the minimum, which is only for essential goods, then it is&nbsp;considered a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; MORE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MUHYIDDIN-ORDER&nbsp;(EXTENSION)&nbsp;2 (LAST) PUTRAJAYA&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhyiddin said police and the armed forces have been ordered to reprimand&nbsp;the people so that they quickly return home after buying their daily necessities or medical items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were improvements in the actions taken by the Health Ministry with the assistance of other agencies and the cooperation&nbsp;of all parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis include the balance of the Tabligh group who have yet to come forward (for COVID-19 screening), the MCO would probably show&nbsp;positive signs if the data&nbsp;(on those who did not comply) is lower,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhyiddin again appealed&nbsp;to the people to stay at home to curb the spread&nbsp;of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA, March 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The National Security Council (MKN) will be meeting before the end of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 31 to determine whether there is a need to extend it, said Prime Minister\u00a0Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. &#8220;Before the MCO&nbsp;ends on March 31, MKN will meet on whether the&nbsp;measure taken was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":66841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,318,296],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66837"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}