Minister fined RM1,000 for breaching quarantine, will give up May-Aug salary

Published: Aug 22, 2020 8:10 AM | Updated: Aug 25, 2020 8:23 AM

The Health Ministry today confirmed that Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali had breached Covid-19 quarantine rules after he returned from Turkey on July 7.

The ministry said, as a result, Khairuddin was fined RM1,000 on Aug 7. He has since apologised and vowed to donate his ministerial salary from May to August to the country's Covid-19 fund....

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