KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Retirement Fund (Inc), which is also known as Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP), said its service counters in Cyberjaya, Selangor, have been closed from today until Tuesday (Oct 27) following the government’s updated announcement on the conditional movement control order (CMCO) across Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to KWAP's statement yesterday, counter services that are temporarily suspended include cheque and cash payments and updates of pensioners’ details.

"Further updates on this matter will be provided from time to time,” KWAP said.

KWAP, however, said its call centres will continue to operate as usual and that a drop box for submission of documents will be available outside the service counters.

Malaysia's MCO, which was initially scheduled between March 18 and 31, requires non-essential businesses to stop operations, while the public was ordered to stay at home to curb the Covid-19 outbreak.

On March 25, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the government decided to extend the MCO until April 14, because updates from the National Security Council and the Health Ministry indicated an increase in Covid-19 cases. 

On April 10, Muhyiddin said the government was extending the MCO until April 28.

On April 23, Muhyiddin said the MCO would be extended for another two weeks until May 12.

On May 4, news reports, quoting Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, indicated that regulations under phase four of the MCO were null and void with the commencement of the CMCO or phase five of the MCO.

On May 10, Muhyiddin said the CMCO would be extended to June 9.

On June 7, Muhyiddin said the CMCO, scheduled to expire on June 9, will be replaced with the recovery movement control order (RMCO) beginning June 10 until Aug 31.

On Aug 28, news reports, quoting Muhyiddin, said the RMCO has been extended until Dec 31.

The CMCO has, however, been re-enforced in certain parts of the country due to the rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases.

On Oct 12, news reports, quoting Ismail Sabri, said the government had agreed to re-enforce the CMCO in Selangor, KL and Putrajaya from Oct 14 to Oct 27. 

It was reported that the government has also agreed to implement the CMCO throughout Sabah effective from Oct 13 until Oct 26.

Last Thursday (Oct 15), it was reported that the CMCO for Labuan will be enforced from Oct 17 to Oct 30.