SEPANG: The police came to the rescue of 14 occupants of a house who ran out of food while undergoing quarantine in Taman Bunga Raya here.

       Acting on information from an occupant of the house who contacted the Sepang district police headquarters (IPD) at about 8pm on Saturday, members of the Sepang IPD MPV Unit arrived at the house at about 9.15pm with 16 packets of mixed rice.

       Sepang police chief Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof (pic) said the occupants of the house who were factory workers in Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi were placed under home quarantine because some of them tested positive for Covid-19 and ran out of food.

       “When placed under quarantine, they don’t work. When they were working, they didn’t earn much.

       “Surely they don’t have much money left,” said ACP Wan Kamarul Azran yesterday, adding that he had also alerted the issue to the Social Welfare Department.

       He said Sepang police had also delivered breakfast to the occupants of the house yesterday morning using the IPD’s welfare allocation to Taman Murni, which is currently placed under the enhanced movement control order.

       He said although the occupants of the house did not raise a white flag, the police would provide assistance.

       On Friday, Selangor police chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed was reported to have said he supported the White Flag campaign and had instructed police personnel to identify affected residents to enable immediate assistance, as well as encourage those facing such problems to contact the nearest police.

       Asked why the residents did not contact the Sepang IPD themselves, ACP Wan Kamarul Azran said it was possible that they had difficulty contacting the authorities.

       “We just want to provide immediate assistance and after that the Social Welfare Department will take further action,” he added.

       He said he was informed that the department had sent fresh and dry food to the house. — Bernama