{"id":1127997,"date":"2021-12-17T09:28:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127997"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:28:40","slug":"malaysians-protest-six-month-jail-sentences-for-not-wearing-coronavirus-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malaysians-protest-six-month-jail-sentences-for-not-wearing-coronavirus-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians Protest Six-Month Jail Sentences for Not Wearing Coronavirus Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmalaysians-protest-six-month-jail-sentences-for-not-wearing-coronavirus-mask%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1234335784-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Dozens of Malaysians <a href=\"https:\/\/coconuts.co\/kl\/news\/any-increase-in-covid-19-penalties-harmful-to-malaysian-citizens-protesters\/\">staged<\/a>&nbsp;a demonstration outside the nation\u2019s parliament building in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to urge the federal government to drop extreme penalties for Chinese coronavirus violations such as a six-month jail sentence for anyone found guilty of going out in public without a sanitary mask.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividuals [in Malaysia] currently face RM10,000 [$2,374] fines and six months\u2019 jail if they violate COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] restrictions, which include a ban on large gatherings and going out without masks,\u201d the news site Coconuts Kuala Lumpur reported on December 16.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A Malaysian activist youth group called \u201cSekretariat Solidariti Rakyat\u201d organized a protest outside of the Malaysian parliament building on December 16 to demand Kuala Lumpur reduce its stiff penalties for breaching coronavirus protocol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny amendment that increases fine amounts and jail time is harmful to Malaysian citizens,\u201d the group said in a statement intended for Malaysian Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also urge the government to enforce laws fairly,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s federal government is currently considering amendments to the country\u2019s Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act that would increase penalties for failing to comply with the nation\u2019s Chinese coronavirus mandates. The state will seek to raise the maximum penalty for individuals found guilty of violating coronavirus rules to \u201ca fine worth RM50,000 (US$11,800) or three years\u2019 imprisonment,\u201d according to Coconuts Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s Health Ministry \u201chas also reduced its proposed penalties for businesses to a fine of up to RM500,000 [$118,911] instead of RM2 million,\u201d the news site observed.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia announced on Thursday it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-imposes-stricter-rules-booster-requirements-over-omicron-threat-2021-12-16\/\">tighten<\/a> Chinese coronavirus restrictions nationwide in an effort to reduce transmission of the new Omicron variant of the disease, which was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/24\/scientists-warn-of-new-covid-variant-with-high-number-of-mutations\">detected<\/a> in Botswana on November 11.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysian health officials detected the country\u2019s second Omicron case on December 16 in \u201can 8-year-old traveling with family from Nigeria, where the family resided, via Qatar,\u201d Malaysian Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo curb Omicron risks, mass New Year gatherings will be banned and those attending private New Year and Christmas celebrations must undergo COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] self-tests,\u201d Khairy announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMalaysians over 60, and all adult recipients of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, are required to get a booster dose by February to keep their status as \u2018fully vaccinated,&#8217;\u201d the health minister added.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese state-owned biopharmaceutical company Sinovac <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/20\/82-vaccinated-singapore-records-highest-daily-coronavirus-cases\/\">manufactures<\/a> a Chinese coronavirus vaccine known as \u201cSinovac\u201d or \u201cCoronaVac.\u201d The inoculation is based on inactivated virus technology. CoronaVac demonstrates an efficacy rate of just 51 percent against the Chinese coronavirus. Despite its relatively low efficacy rate, CoronaVac has managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/01-06-2021-who-validates-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-for-emergency-use-and-issues-interim-policy-recommendations\">receive<\/a> emergency use approval from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of Malaysians staged\u00a0a demonstration outside the nation\u2019s parliament building in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to urge the federal government to drop extreme penalties for Chinese coronavirus violations such as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}