Defence Minister: 50,000 army deployed to help police

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Published on 22 Mar 2020 4:07:36 PM

Police and the Armed Forces will help patrol supermarkets and markets to ensure the public adheres to the social distancing rules during the movement control order (MCO) period, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Ismail Sabri said that in a televised conference on Sunday (March 22), adding that some 50,000 personnel have been deployed to help enforce the MCO.

The Defence Minister also rubbished rumours that military tanks have been deployed at each roadblock, stressing that the Armed Forces were deployed to assist and perhaps to give advice to the people in order to implement the MCO.

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