KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): People who rushed back to their hometowns to celebrate Aidilfitri and slipped across the state lines with all sorts of excuses will not escape the law, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Mazlan Mansor.

He said the police will take steps to ensure that the matter is not taken lightly by the public.

“Although they slipped through the roadblocks and reached their hometowns, the police will handle this matter,” Mazlan told reporters when met after inspecting the roadblock at the Jalan Duta toll plaza heading north here today.

He said the government had issued a stern warning regarding the ban on interstate travel but there were still people who ignored it.

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