Cops to quiz Al Jazeera
DOCUMENTARY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KUALA LUMPUR: The Al Jazeera news channel and one of its journalists will be called up by the police this week for investigation over a documentary that the Malaysian government has slammed for portraying what it claimed to be an inaccurate picture of the treatment of illegal immigrants during the fight against […]
Face mask harmful to health?
MUKAH: Wearing a face mask for a long time can be harmful to health and may result in death, claimed a social media posting which has gone viral. According to the posting yesterday, face masks are supposed to be worn for limited time only. “If you wear it for a long time, oxygen in the […]
Social media food trends: MCO’s stress relief
With the MCO loosened and relaxed, there are still certain groups of people continuing their MCO lifestyle — spending time baking masterpieces in their kitchens. In recent weeks, Facebook has been crowded with the sharing of these three recipes — basque burnt cheesecake, mochi and doughnut. Three trending recipes for you to try at home […]
Go to helplines if you are quarantine-stressed
KUCHING: Those under quarantine at the designated centres in the state can call the government or non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Covid-19 support helplines if they feel they cannot cope with being quarantined. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in response to a post that had gone viral […]
Social media food trends: MCO’s stress relief
The movement control order (MCO) was imposed so everyone would stay at home, be safe during this period and prevent the Covid-19 cases from rising. From another perspective, with all the space and time at home, some even discovered new hobbies and talents, such as cooking and baking. Trending recipes for you to try at […]
A tale of carjacking gets around
KUCHING: A story about how carjackers place stickers or sheets of paper on the rear windscreens of vehicles to make drivers stop and get out from their cars have spread online earlier this week. According to the story, it is a new way of fooling drivers so that they could be overpowered and the vehicles […]
Fake news or just a challenge.
MUKAH: Police here considered the three-day total lock down challenge from April 17 until 19 which circulated on social media on Wednesday as fake news. “It’s fake news. Never heard about it,” said Mukah district police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau when contacted by New Sarawak Tribune about the so-called challenge yesterday. He was asked to […]
List of fake news as of 11 AM today by KKMM
KUALA LUMPUR: The following are the replies made by the relevant agencies to the Quick Response Team of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) on fake news that went viral on social media as of 11am today. The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has denied issuing the statement enclosing a list of telephone numbers […]
It is fake news, says hypermarket
KUCHING: A WhatsApp message claiming that an individual working at Mydin Hypermart Petra Jaya at Jalan Demak here had been infected with Covid-19 has gone viral, prompting the hypermarket to deny the fake news in its Facebook page. “We would like to urge the public to stop sharing the fake Covid-19 message that had been […]
List of fake news viraled
KUALA LUMPUR: The following is the list of items on the social media which have been declared as fake news by the relevant agencies via a media statement from the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) Quick Response Team. • Tawau District Police Chief, Sabah has denied claims of a notice of an order by the […]
