Deliveryman claims trial to making false statement about Covid-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A deliveryman on Tuesday (Feb 18) pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to making false statements about Covid-19 on his Facebook page.

Shamsul Anuar Mohd Khairi, 42, was charged with the intent to cause fear among the public by circulating a statement through his Facebook page, about the disease allegedly being in a tour bus in Malaysia that was used by tourists from China, and that the infection would be activated in extremely hot weather.