KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15 -- The police detained 129 people for violating the rules of the recovery movement control order (RMCO), including 21 individuals for not wearing face masks.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that 20 of the 129 violators were remanded, while 109 were issued with compound notices.

"Among the movement control order violations were pub and nightclub activities (21), failure to prepare thermometers/record patrons' details (55), not wearing gloves when cutting customers' hair (1), not wearing face masks (21), as well as activities which involved a mass gathering that made physical distancing difficult (31)," he said.

Ismail Sabri who is also defence minister, said police had conducted 66 road blocks n...