Cops hunt fake surgeon over Zara autopsy claims


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and the police are working to identify a TikTok user who falsely claimed to be a surgeon involved in the post-mortem of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir.

Communi­cations Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil (pic, below) said the individual had claimed that he was present during the post-­mortem on Aug 10, but checks by the Health Ministry confirmed that he was neither a specialist nor a Health Ministry staff member.

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