CNY celebration only with family members in same house - Ismail Sabri

He said prayers at temples were also not allowed, except for five of the temple’s committee members and people were encouraged to perform the ceremony at their respective homes.

“This standard operating procedure (SOP) was complied with during Hari Raya Aidilfitri, as well as Deepavali. However, for Sarawak we leave it to the state government to decide because there is the Movement Control Order (MCO), there is the Conditional MCO (CMCO),” he told a press conference on the development of the MCO, today.

He said large dining events in conjunction with the festival were also limited to family members living in the same household, besides house-to-house visits, inter-district or interstate travel to visit family members and friends were also not allowed.

In addition, all CNY festival and cultural events such as lion dance, dragon dance, lantern parades and Chinese opera and stage performances, among others will not be allowed as well.

Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said the government had agreed to lift the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) at the Pekan Nenas Immigration Depot Detention Block and Quarters in Pontian, Johor today.

He said large dining events in conjunction with the festival were also limited to family members living in the same household, besides house-to-house visits, inter-district or interstate travel to visit family members and friends were also not allowed.

In addition, all CNY festival and cultural events such as lion dance, dragon dance, lantern parades and Chinese opera and stage performances, among others will not be allowed as well.