Journalist charged with coronavirus fear mongering on FB
Published on: Wednesday, February 05, 2020
By: Bernama
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Wan Noor Hayati Wan Alias (Photo: Bernama)
Kuala Lumpur: A journalist pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here Wednesday to three charges of making statements on Facebook regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak which were likely to cause fear or alarm to the public.
Wan Noor Hayati Wan Alias, 41, entered the plea after the charges were read to her by an interpreter before Magistrate Tawfiq Affandy Chin.
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According to all three charges, the accused through her Facebook account, 'Ibu Yati', knowingly made statements about the virus with the intention to cause fear or alarm to the public or any section of the public.
The three statements were read on her Facebook page at the Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman, here, at 10 pm on January 26, 2020.