Health Dept denies Bandar Seri Alam Covid-19 case
JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor State Health Department (JKNJ) yesterday denied claims of a Covid-19 infection case in Bandar Seri Alam, here as viraled on Facebook. JKNJ director Dr Aman Rabu in a statement uploaded on JKNJ official Facebook said a statement alleging that a contact of a Covid-19 patient has been ordered to be on […]
PKR playing a dirty game
BAU: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is playing a very dirty game on Serian MP Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem by spreading fake news claiming he was joining their party. Par ti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy youth chief Miro Simuh said if it is true that PKR is spreading such news, then it is not […]
Warning of stern action against fake news
PUTRAJAYA: The government will take stern action against individuals involved in spreading fake news that could disrupt national security and racial harmony by prosecuting them in court, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Hanipa Maidin. He said all this while the government had been ‘keeping quiet’ as it felt that the public […]
Indian national fatality untrue
CORONAVIRUS KUALA LUMPUR: A news report claiming that a 23-year-old Indian national had died in Malaysia from the 2019 novel coronavirus is false. The Health Ministry in its official Facebook account said there were no Indian nationals listed in the records of its laboratory handling clinical samples testing for coronavirus. “Based on information received up […]
Surge in fake news on Wuhan coronavirus
KUCHING: Amidst public worry about the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus across world, the Internet (especially social media) and various forms of telecommunication are awash with fake news and messages related to the crisis. This, of course, has triggered public panic in the country. A 33-year-old worker at Plaza Merdeka, who identified himself as just […]
Stop spreading fake news on coronavirus
CORONAVIRUS WATCH KUCHING: The police will not hesitate to take strict action against those who spread fake news pertaining to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar said that one such false case which had gone viral on social media had claimed that a patient was admitted to Timberland Medical Centre (TMC) […]
Detained for spreading fake news on coronavirus outbreak
WUHAN VIRUS KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has detained a suspect for allegedly spreading fake news on the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. A statement issued by MCMC today stated that the suspect, aged 34, was arrested in Bangi, Selangor, at 4 pm yesterday for investigation on a posting that was uploaded […]
Fake news galore in 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2019 that is about to end in two days’ time witnesses numerous fake news swirling on the social media, at times even reaching the mainstream media, thanks to perpetrators who have gone into overdrive spinning misinformation and the ignorant who made them viral. Malaysians will recall how sensational untruths like three million Chinese nationals slipping into the country following a technical glitch at Kuala […]
News report of cooking gas shortage false
MIRI: A news report that the people of Kampung Kuala Tutoh have run out of cooking gas and are being cut off from receiving emergency aid is false, said Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau and Tuai Kampung Ben Wak. In the story reported by The Star last Monday, Kampung Kuala Tutoh Lakiput Association senior member […]
Fake news
We can’t have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That’s crazy. You can’t have more types of fake news than real news. That’s allowing public deception to go unchecked. That’s crazy. Elon Musk, South African technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) made fresh headlines recently when its party president was alleged to […]
