Kit Siang asks if fake news ordinance will be used against Dr Rafidah

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, in criticising the fake news emergency ordinance, questioned whether it would be used against the likes of Dr Rafidah Abdullah.

Rafidah, who is a nephrologist popular on Twitter, had highlighted complaints that officials from the Kelantan State Secretariat were trying to jump the queue for the Covid-19 vaccine.

This was strongly denied by the Kelantan state government, which lodged a police report on the matter.

"Will Rafidah now be liable to prosecution under the fake news Emergency Ordinance which comes into effect today, making her liable to a fine up to RM100,000, a jail term of up to three years, or both?" Lim asked in a statement today.

While the Kelantan state government denied the queue-jumping allegations, curiously, the state Health Department and state government rearranged the list of those who will be among the earliest to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on March 2.

A source familiar with the matter told Malaysiakini that the list might have been rearranged after the queue-jumping allegations surfaced...