Housewife fined RM12,000 for spreading fake news on vaccines


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A housewife was fined RM12,000 in default six months’ jail by the Sessions Court here for spreading fake news about vaccines on Facebook.

Judge M. M Edwin Paramjothy sentenced Tengku Noor Azlin Wa Kembang Tengku Azizan, 46, after she pleaded guilty to spreading the news through a video posted on the social networking site.

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