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The Malaysian government began implementing a quarantine fee for foreign nationals who entered the country starting Thursday amounting to RM4700 or around Rp. 16 million.

Deputy Head of the State Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) of the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia, Zakaria Bin Shaaban, said this in a letter circulating in Kuala Lumpur, Thursday.

Nadma's letter mentions that the policy is taken after the ministers met to discuss the Movement Control Order (PKP) on Sep. 15, 2020.

The Malaysian Ministry of Health will implement it at all entrances and incoming foreigners will be given a receipt to enter the designated hotel.

The policy came into effect on Sep. 15, 2020, but to provide an opportunity for all agencies at the airport border entrance to make adjustments, it was finally set to take effect from Sep. 24, 2020.

This provision does not apply to holders of Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) and Periodic Communting Arrangements ( PCA) and those allowed to be quarantined at home.

An Indonesian doctor who works at Serdang Hospital, Selangor, Dr. Fahirah Anditasari said that when she was undergoing quarantine some time ago the tariff was still between RM 2,100 to RM 2,500 or Rp. 7 million to Rp. 8 million more.

She underwent quarantine at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur for 14 days after arriving from Jakarta in August.

"Now the quarantine tariff of RM4,700 has doubled," she said. (Antaranews)