Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri said today automated teller machines (ATM) will no longer be open for 24 hours.
ATMs will henceforth be only opened from 8 am to 8 pm to further control movement of people during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period.
Ismail said this was necessary as many people were still going out late at night using the excuse that they need to get to the ATMs.
“We’ve been notified that due to these ATM machines being operational 24 hours, many are going out at night on the pretext of an emergency.
“These people are breaking the MCO rules so the government has decided to only allow ATMs to operate from 8am to 8pm.
“After this, no more excuses for going out till midnight to make ATM withdrawals,” said Ismail at his daily Covid-19 briefing