KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) has issued a denial over a viral message regarding a HKL surgeon named Dr Shafawati who died on September 3 after being vaccinated.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) — The police have opened two investigation papers against individuals believed to be linked to anti-vaccine groups which share false information regarding Covid-19 vaccination on social media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — A housewife was fined RM12,000 in default six months’ jail by the Sessions Court here today for spreading fake news about vaccines on Facebook.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — Members of the public have been advised to be wary of fake news circulating about Covid-19 vaccination registration forms.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The Royal Malaysia Police has opened 21 investigation papers under the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance (No.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Police have opened 12 investigation papers under the Emergency Ordinance (Essential Powers) (No 2) 2021 in connection with the circulation of fake news on Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The following is the denial of fake news which went viral on social media issued by the responsible agency through a media statement by the Quick Response Team of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) at 10pm last night.

IPOH, April 5 — A police personnel who is the subject of fake news over his ‘death’ due to vaccine complications, did not complain of any symptoms after receiving the first and second doses of the ‘Corminaty’ vaccine, says Perak health director Datuk Dr Ding Lay Ming.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — Online shopping platform, Shopee has denied the sale of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine as shown in a photo being circulated on Twitter and WhatsApp several days ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — News that has gone viral on social media regarding children under 12 years of age not being allowed to enter shopping malls or eateries there, is fake.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) today denied issuing an authorisation letter for the distribution of vaccines, as claimed in an article entitled 'Mestron edar vaksin Covid-19 dari China' (Mestron to distribute Covid-19 vaccine from China), dated January 29.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — The public have been asked to report false or misleading content circulated in social media or via text messages to the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), particularly at a time when the country is battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador visited former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today to inform him about the status of the probe into fake news of the latter’s death, which went viral about three months ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday refuted a claim that almost 90 per cent of those tested positive for Covid-19 were individuals who visited shopping malls around the Klang Valley.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Issues related to the reduction of the mandatory 14-day quarantine period for Malaysians entering from Singapore can only be determined by the Health Ministry (MOH), said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 —   Istana Negara is taking a serious view of false statements sent via WhatsApp by several individuals to the media using the name and picture of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah as well as Istana Negara.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Oct 3 — The Health Ministry (MoH) has denied viral news that claimed the movement control order (MCO) will be enforced in Selangor from October 5 to 21. In a statement today, the MoH Response Team said that the news, which allegedly stated the Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 — A total of 93 individuals were detained for defying the recovery movement control order (RMCO) yesterday, of which 85 were issued compounds while eight others were remanded.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has advised the public to ensure that any information obtained via social media is from sources with a 'verified’ badge from the respective platforms.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The following is an update from the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) Quick Response Team on countering fake news related to Covid-19 on social media.