MCMC Will Not Investigate Slander Against Health Minister’s ‘Spanish Fly’ Blunder Despite Police Report

Recently, a police report was lodged against the local news portal, The Rakyat Post for allegedly slandering the Health Minister, Adham Baba in their article titled “#SpanishFly Trends As Health Minister Adham Baba Makes Oopsie At Press Conference“. Several Twitter accounts were also included in the report.

TRP shared the report via Twitter along with a picture of the report lodged by a 44-year-old lawyer after being requested to do so by the Health Minister. Malaysians in turn called out the minister for prioritising such trivial issues and even proceeding with the police report in the first place.

However, it seems that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will not be investigating the alleged insults towards Health Minister, Dr Adham Baba’s ‘Spanish Fly’ blunder according to Malaysiakini.

“MCMC is not investigating and there is no such investigation in place.”

The minister was heard incorrectly referring to the total death toll for the Covid-19 pandemic as 2.8 million when the actual numbers seemed to be over 4 million deaths. Adham Baba also said the “Spanish Fly” had around 1 million deaths when in reality the Spanish flu recorded around 20 to 50 million deaths.

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Also read: Police Report Lodged Against TRP For Allegedly Slandering Health Minister in ‘Spanish Fly’ Blunder