Singapore news outlet calls out Umno leader for spreading fake news on Anwar


PETALING JAYA: A Singapore news outlet has called out an Umno leader for allegedly spreading fake news about PKR president-elect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

BERITAmediacorp, a Bahasa Malaysia news portal under Singaporean conglomerate Mediacorp, said Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam had alleged that the news outlet had reported on a sodomy incident involving the "husband to the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister".

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