Source claims minister tested negative after trip to 'green zone' Turkey

A source close to Minister of Industry, Plantation and Commodities Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali has claimed that the minister underwent a special Covid-19 test upon returning to Malaysia on July 7 following a visit to Turkey.

The source close to Khairuddin (above) claimed the test was done at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), took about five hours, and the results were negative, reported Malay language dailies Sinar Harian and Harian Metro.

"His departure abroad was approved by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and even Turkey at that time was a country categorised as a green country (zone)," claimed the source.

However, at the time of Khairuddin's visit, more than 5,600 new Covid-19 cases and 93 deaths were reported in Turkey.

Turkey has had more than 250,000 Covid-19 cases and 6,061 fatalities from the disease in total, calling the green zone claim into question.

Khairuddin has yet to respond to attempts by Malaysiakini to contact him over this matter.

Yesterday in the Dewan Rakyat, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok questioned Khairuddin's actions saying he did not undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine for those returning from overseas.

"The plantations and commodities minister went to Turkey from July 3 to 7, and on (July) 13 he came to Parliament," Kok (Harapan-Seputeh) alleged in Parliament.

"We know that everyone who goes overseas and comes back must be quarantined for 14 days, but now a cabinet minister has not followed this rule," she alleged.

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