If you've not been using the MySejahtera app at petrol stations all this while, well, this is a warning that you should.

Public space with heavy human traffic

The police said that it is now mandatory to scan the QR code using the MySejahtera app when filling up using self-service kiosks at petrol stations, Malay Mail reported.

Quoting Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director DCP Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, it is compulsory for Malaysians to head to the counter to fill in the contact tracing form even if they do not enter the station’s convenience store.

Mior reasoned that a petrol station is a public space with heavy human traffic, so it is mandatory for customers to wear a face mask, have their body temperatures scanned and check in using the MySejahtera app.

Failure to do so will result in a RM1,000 fine, he said.

“If the people do not register or scan, how will the police trace them if there are COVID-19 cases in the area?,” he was quoted as saying.

This came after a voice clip of a man claiming that his father was fined RM1,000 for failing to register the MySejahtera app before filling up at a fuel pump despite wearing a face mask went viral on social media.