IPOH: A Rohingya refugee suspected of having Covid-19 has escaped from a quarantine centre in Tanjung Rambutan here.
Perak CID chief Asst Comm Anuar Othman said Rohim Mohd Zokaria, 27, was found to have been missing from his room at the Health Ministry Training Institute on Sunday around 11am.
"They searched but could not find him within the premises," he said, adding that the man was sent to the centre from Slim River Hospital, Muallim on Saturday at 5pm.ACP Anuar said Rohim, from Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, and two others had been stopped at a roadblock on the North-South Expressway near Behrang last week and was investigated for defying the movement control order and immigration-related matters.
"He was sent to the Slim River Hospital and initial tests came back negative and was sent to Tanjung Rambutan to be quarantined for 14 days," he added.
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