Dang Wang police chief: Viral audio recording is fake

CORONAVIRUS | Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah has denied the claim that his brother-in-law was behind the viral audio recording claiming a state of emergency will be declared.

He said he received the fake news at 9 pm last night from his acquaintances.

“There is a man claiming to be my brother-in-law who is telling the public to make preparations to buy necessities as a state of emergency is expected to be declared.

“As the Dang Wangi district police chief, I strongly deny this and I don’t even recognise the man who spread the fake news. 

I urge the public to refrain from sharing and spreading this fake news,” he said.

Yesterday an audio recording went viral on social media calling people to buy necessities because a state of emergency expected to be declared in Malaysia.

The man also claimed that he was Mohd Fahmi’s brother-in-law.

The movement control order was announced by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday in response to the outbreak of Covid-19 which has seen 900 cases in Malaysia with two fatalities.

- Bernama