Armed Forces: No pesticide spraying by military copter to combat Covid-19


PETALING JAYA: The Armed Forces denied a viral message circulating on social media claiming that a special military helicopter is set to spray pesticides in an apparent attempt to fight the scourge of the Covid-19.

“The Armed Forces deny that a military helicopter is deployed to disinfect with pesticides in the whole country, ” it said in a message sent in an official National Security Council (NSC) Telegram group on Thursday (March 19).

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