Man fined RM2,000 for spreading fake news on WhatsApp
MELAKA (March 27): For spreading fake news about the COVID-19 on WhatsApp, a senior citizen was left RM2,000 poorer when he was fined by the Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh here.
MELAKA (March 27): For spreading fake news about the COVID-19 on WhatsApp, a senior citizen was left RM2,000 poorer when he was fined by the Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh here.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The Ministry of Health has denied viral news that claimed that a COVID-19 patient had escaped from the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Perak.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): The Beijing Medical Products Administration denied the credibility of a COVID-19 home testing kit and added there are no authorized home version of the test yet, China Daily reported today.
SERI KEMBANGAN (Feb 29): Police began a probe on Facebook user "Sharifah Sofia Syed Rashid III" who claimed that the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong had asked interim prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to resign, Malaysiakini reported today.
The following is a press statement by Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas on the novel coronavirus (2019-2CoV), reproduced in full.
PETALING JAYA (Jan 28): Malaysian rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) sued Singapore’s Home Affairs Minister K.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): News of a building about to collapse in Kuala Lumpur which is causing massive traffic congestation is just fake news.
PETALING JAYA (Oct 4): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today Malaysia's Anti-Fake News Act may be amended, instead of being repealed, because the country needs to curb the spread of false information.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): An 18-month-old girl has died from her injuries yesterday after a full-length mirror from a fashion store in Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore, fell on her, reports from the city state say.