KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 -- Married couples in five states who have been separated by distance during lockdown will finally be able to travel to meet each other when the government shifts into Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) next Monday.

Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said this applies only to those who live in the five states - Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, and Terengganu - that will be transitioning from Phase One to Phase Two next week.

"For Phase Two, we have also decided to allow long-distance couples to move across state and districts, but these remain for emergency and special purposes, accompanied with permission from the Royal Malaysia Police," he said in a joint news conference today.

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