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Khairy tells MoH to lodge reports with police, MCMC against fake-news Twitter account

Social media user allegedly fearmongering with false list of teachers who died due to Covid-19 vaccines

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 08 Oct 2021 10:14PM

Khairy tells MoH to lodge reports with police, MCMC against fake-news Twitter account
Sometimes there is a need to educate and engage, but other times there is a need to enforce the law, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin about a Twitter user who allegedly spread fake news regarding Covid-19 vaccination. – Bernama pic, October 8, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry (MoH) has been instructed to lodge a report with the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) regarding the dissemination of fake news about Covid-19 vaccination on Twitter Spaces recently.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said in a tweet today that he has instructed the MoH to act against the social media user who had allegedly spread fake news.

“There is a time to educate and engage, But there is also a time to enforce the law. I have asked for a report to be lodged against @khalids with PDRM (police) and MCMC for spreading fake news regarding Covid-19 vaccination. Enough lies,” he said.

Earlier, a 31-second video by Twitter user @khalids went viral, showing a list of school teachers who died due to vaccination. 

However, a check by Bernama on the Twitter user’s account found that it no longer exists. – Bernama, October 8, 2021

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