Health Ministry top management 'kept in the dark' until recently over minister breaking quarantine issue, says Health DG


PUTRAJAYA: The top management of the Health Ministry was “kept in the dark” over the quarantine breach and RM1,000 compound controversy involving a Cabinet minister until last week.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said he and his deputies were not briefed on the issue by the ministry’s ground staff and learned about it through the media.

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