KOTA BARU – Police have received a report over an allegation that 200 staff of the Kelantan State Secretary’s (SUK) Office had jumped queue to get the Covid-19 vaccination.
Kota Baru police chief Abdul Rahim Daud said the report was lodged by Mohamad Taufik Ramli, special officer to the state local government, housing and health committee chairman, at the Kota Baru police headquarters in Pengkalan Chepa near here about 9.30am today.
“In connection with this, police will conduct further investigations in accordance with Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1988 and Section 505 (b) of the Penal Code,” he said.
Earlier, Taufik said the report was lodged, among others, to urge the authorities to investigate the individual responsible for spreading fake news such as this as it concerns the integrity of the state government and Kelantan Health Department.
“With this report, we urge that action be taken against those who spread such fake news. I feel responsible for this issue, in my capacity as a civil servant, to rectify the matter as it has gone viral for a day or two,” he said.
On Sunday, the allegation had spread on social media, including Twitter, and featured a screen grab of a message claiming that Covid-19 vaccine injections for doctors, nurses and front-line staff had to be postponed to give way 200 “ahli” (members) of the Kelantan SUK Office.
Malaysia kicked off the first phase of its National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme on February 24, set to run till April, involving 500,000 frontliners. – Bernama, March 3, 2021
