Mysterious vaccine 'donor' Yong Chee Kong becomes a hot search term on Google

By TARRENCE TAN

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Thursday, 20 May 2021
1:58 PM MYT

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PETALING JAYA: Yong Chee Kong has become a very famous name in Malaysia overnight.

Malaysians are curious to know more about the mysterious individual who reportedly offered to donate two million doses of CoronaVac vaccines to Penang, after Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin dismissed the offer as bogus.

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Tags / Keywords: Covid-19 , Yong Chee Kong , vaccine , trending , Google , Penang , Chief Minister , Chow Kon Yeow , Khairy Jamaluddin , Coordinating Minister , National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme , bogus offer

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Mysterious vaccine 'donor' Yong Chee Kong becomes a hot search term on Google