MP SPEAKS | Rakyat expected to follow Covid-19 SOP but not leaders

MP SPEAKS | I keep getting messages from the National Security Council advising me not to circulate fake news, not to create panic, to always wash my hands, and to wear face masks in public.

And then we have the Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, who is so meticulous about everyone following the standard operating procedure (SOP).

The police, on the other hand, have come down hard on anyone who flouts the lockdown rules.

But on Friday, our new cases stood at 287 - the highest daily number of recorded Covid-19 positive cases in Malaysia since the pandemic began.

And that’s because the government, ministry folks, and police didn’t care to follow the SOP that they have been drumming into our heads, just because they were hell-bent on...