{"id":3139,"date":"2020-04-13T21:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2020-04-13T21:03:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:03:14","slug":"police-probe-foreign-workers-for-celebrating-songkran-festival-in-sepang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3139","title":{"rendered":"Police probe foreign workers for celebrating Songkran festival in Sepang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>SHAH ALAM, April 13\u00a0&#8212; Police have begun\u00a0investigating a group of foreign workers who were alleged to have celebrated the Songkran Festival in a compound of a factory in Sepang yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Selangor Police spokesperson\u00a0ACP Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew\u00a0said the investigation is being done under Section 269 of the Penal Code for a negligent act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelangor police confirmed to have received information regarding the incident uploaded on Facebook which showed\u00a0foreign workers celebrating the Songkran festival, but no arrest has been made so far,\u201d\u00a0he told a\u00a0media conference here today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>A 30-minute video went viral on social media showing a group o foreign workers dancing and singing to celebrate the water festival better known as Songkran and according to information on the video, the people were foreign workers of a glove factory.<\/p>\n<p>Their action received backlash from the public for violating the Movement Control Order (MCO) when the country was making efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;\u00a0BERNAMA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHAH ALAM, April 13\u00a0&#8212; 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