Countering fake news related to Covid-19 on social media
The following is an update from the Communications and Multimedia Ministry Quick Response Team on countering fake news related to Covid-19 on social media.
1. Brickfields police chief Zairulnizam Mohd Zainuddin @ Hilmi denies claims that a man who was lying unconscious in front of a shop in Entrepreneur Park, Kuala Lumpur was positive for Covid-19, as was made viral on social media. He explained that the individual actually...
The following is an update from the Communications and Multimedia Ministry Quick Response Team on countering fake news related to Covid-19 on social media.
1. Brickfields police chief Zairulnizam Mohd Zainuddin @ Hilmi denies claims that a man who was lying unconscious in front of a shop in Entrepreneur Park, Kuala Lumpur was positive for Covid-19, as was made viral on social media. He explained that the individual actually suffered a heart attack, fell, became unconscious, and is currently receiving treatment at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre.
2. The Orang Asli Affairs Department has denied that the orang asli community in Bukit Lagong, Selangor faces famine due to a shortage in food supply during the movement control order (MCO) period. The department explained that the community received food basket aid containing essential items such as rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar, tea, condensed milk, sardines, and soy sauce three times, on April 7, April 16, and May 8, 2020.
On the same matter, the department also denied giving permission to any party to solicit donations from the public to assist the orang asli community, purportedly because they were being neglected during the MCO.
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