Malaysia: News report claiming discrimination against migrants inaccurate


MELAKA, July 6 (Bernama): A foreign news special report that alleged Malaysia was discriminating illegal immigrants while enforcing the Movement Control Order (MCO) as part of efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic is flawed.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (pic) said the news report not only portrayed an inaccurate account of how the government had been managing the outbreak, it also painted a very bad image of the country.

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