Umno’s Lokman charged with spreading fake news on Covid-19


KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to two charges of spreading false news through an audio-visual recording about vaccines and the spread of Covid-19.

Lokman, 48, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him before judge MM Edwin Paramjothy here yesterday.

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