Fake Covid-19 result scam


Safety measure: Foreign workers getting a Covid-19 swab test in Shah Alam. — ART CHEN/The Star

JOHOR BARU: As the Covid-19 spotlight is now on foreign workers nationwide, some foreigners have resorted to buying fake negative Covid-19 swab test results to allow them to work.

These fake results, purportedly issued by doctors, are being sold for between RM300 and RM500 each.

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