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Health DG justifies detention of migrants amid Al Jazeera row

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Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has justified the detention of undocumented migrants by Malaysian authorities amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

This comes after the authorities accused international broadcaster Al Jazeera of misinformation over its report on the detention of migrants during the various movement control order (MCO) periods.

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