Five fake news cases on the coronavirus being investigated by police


PETALING JAYA: Bukit Aman is investigating five cases of fake news circulating through social media about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), says Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed.

The Bukit Aman CID director said in one of the cases, police began investigating the Facebook page of "Kong Tuck Wah" on Jan 25, after finding it spreading false information on the virus.

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