Covid-19: Communications Ministry lists fake news being spread on April 1


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The following are the replies by the relevant agencies to the fake news viraled on social media in a media statement by the Quick Response Team of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia on Wednesday (April 1).

Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has denied claims that those detained for defying the movement control order are placed together in a lockup, instead they are treated according to the stipulated standard operating procedure (SOP) which emphasises social distancing.

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