Following the tabling of the controversial Anti-Fake News Bill in Parliament on Monday, Utusan Malaysia has published a list of fake news from the opposition camp.

The list compiled by Facebook user Muhamad Harris Nasri included the claim that political analyst Kamarul Zaman Yusoff had “wet his pants” (terkucil) when Dr Mahathir Mohamad turned up at a forum discussing if the latter was too old to be prime minister again.

However, Kamarul a Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) professor, denied that he had felt intimidated or was at a loss for words when Mahathir showed up as he was in the process of stating a slew of reasons as to why the 93-year-old politician should not be the head of government again.

In its report, the Umno-owned newspaper also cited the Malay saying, “Siapa makan cili, dialah rasa pedas (The person who consumes chillies, feels the heat).”

The daily also asked if those uncomfortable with the Anti-Fake News Bill were opposing the proposed law because they had been using fake news to advance their political agenda.

The other items on the “Top 7 fake news” peddled by the opposition and their supporters were:

1. The allegation that 40,000 Bangladeshi nationals were brought in as phantom voters during the 2013 general election.

“As a result of this, the public (Malaysians) were accused of being Bangladeshi nationals, berated and assaulted when queuing to vote.”

2. BN won the 13th general election because of Bangladeshi vote.

“This fake news was denied by the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia AKM Atiqur Rahman, who described the claim as baseless and concocted by those without sense.”

3. The federal government closed Selangor's main water pipe.

“The claim that the federal government sabotaged the water supply in Selangor spread when the state suffered from water disruption for almost a week recently. This was denied by the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water.”

4. The 'Kajang Move' document to topple (former Selangor menteri besar) Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

“PKR and its secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution expressed regret and apologised to the former menteri besar for issuing a 91-page report containing various allegations against Abdul Khalid.”

5. Change of government on Sept 16, 2008.

“During a ceramah, former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed that BN elected representatives would jump ship on Sept 16, 2008, so that the opposition would be able to form government replacing the BN government. However, Sept 16 came and went with no elected representative (from BN) jumping ship.”

6. There were blackouts when tabulating votes during GE13.

“The claim there were blackouts when counting votes in various areas led to thousands of Pakatan Rakyat supporters to gather at Stadium Kelana Jaya on the night the election result was announced.

However, four months later, DAP's election strategist Ong Kian Ming agreed with election observer Pemantau that there were no such incidents.”